Assays of cells expressing human calcium channels containing α1 β subunits

ABSTRACT

Human calcium channel α 1  -, α 2  -, β- and γ-subunit encoding cDNAs, and related compositions and methods, are provided.

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/745,206,filed 15 Aug. 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,429,921, which is acontinuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/620,250, filed 30 Nov.1990, now abandoned, which is in turn a continuation-in-part ofapplication Ser. No. 07/176,899, filed 4 Apr. 1988, now abandoned.Application Ser. No. 07/745,206 is also a continuation-in-part ofapplication Ser. No. 07/482,384, filed 20 Feb. 1990, now U.S. Pat. No.5,386,025, and a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No.07/603,751, filed 8 Nov. 1990, now abandoned, which is the nationalstage (35 U.S.C. § 371) of international application Ser. No.PCT/US89/01408, filed 4 Apr. 1989.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to molecular biology and pharmacology.

More particularly, the invention relates to calcium channel compositionsand methods of making and using same.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Calcium channels are membrane-spanning, multi-subunit proteins thatallow controlled entry of Ca²⁺ ions into cells from the extracellularfluid. Cells throughout the animal kingdom, and at least some bacterial,fungal and plant cells, possess one or more types of calcium channel.

The most common type of calcium channel is voltage dependent. In avoltage-dependent channel, the "opening" to allow an influx of Ca²⁺ ionsinto the cells to begin, requires a depolarization to a certain level ofthe potential difference between the inside of the cell bearing thechannel and the extracellular medium bathing the cell. The rate ofinflux of Ca²⁺ into the cell depends on this potential difference. All"excitable" cells in animals, such as neurons of the central nervoussystem, peripheral nerve cells, and muscle cells, including those ofskeletal muscles, cardiac muscles, and venous and arterial smoothmuscles, have voltage-dependent calcium channels.

Calcium channels are physiologically important because the channels havea central role in regulating intracellular Ca²⁺ levels. These levels areimportant for cell viability and function. Thus, intracellular Ca²⁺concentrations are implicated in a number of vital processes in animals,such as neurotransmitter release, muscle contraction, pacemakeractivity, and secretion of hormones and other substances.

The rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel is the mostwell-characterized of the calcium channels identified to date.Biochemical analysis of the calcium channel purified from rabbitskeletal muscle revealed that it consists of two large subunits, ofbetween about 130 and about 200 kilodaltons ("kD") in molecular weight,and a number (generally thought to be one to three) of different smallersubunits, of less than about 60 kD in molecular weight. At least one ofthe larger subunits and possibly some of the smaller are glycosylated.Some of the subunits are capable of being phosphorylated.

The two large subunits of voltage-dependent calcium channels aredesignated herein the "α₁ -subunit" and the "α₂ -subunit".

The rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α₁ -subunit is not detectablychanged in molecular weight when treated with dithiothreitol ("DTT") orwith enzymes which catalyze removal of N-linked sugar groups fromglycosylated proteins. The α₁ -subunit has a molecular weight of about150 to about 170 kD when analyzed by sodium dodecylsulfate("SDS")-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ("PAGE") after isolation frommammalian muscle tissue and has specific binding sites for various1,4-dihydropyridines ("DHPs") and phenylalkylamines.

The molecular weight of the α₂ -subunit of the rabbit skeletal musclecalcium channel is at least about 130-150 kD, as determined by SDS-PAGEanalysis in the presence of DTT after isolation from muscle tissue.However, in SDS-PAGE under non-reducing conditions (in the presence ofN-ethylmaleimide), the α₂ -subunit migrates with a band of about 160-190kD. The smaller fragments (of about 30 kD), which appear to be releasedupon reduction, are derived from the primary translation product of theα₂ subunit transcript. There is evidence that the α₂ -subunit and thecorresponding fragment produced under reducing conditions areglycosylated with at least N-linked sugars and do not have specifiedbinding sites for 1,4-dihydropyridines and phenylalkylamines that areknown to bind to the α₁ -subunit.

The β-subunit of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel has recentlybeen characterized as having an apparent molecular mass of 52-65 kD (asdetermined by SDS-PAGE analysis). It is comprised of consensusphosphorylation sites and has been shown by biochemical methods to bephosphorylated. This subunit is insensitive to reducing conditions.

The γ-subunit of the calcium channel has not been observed in allpurified preparations, depending on the source of material analyzed, theinvestigating laboratory, and so on. The native material appears to be aglycoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 30-33 kD, as determinedby SDS-PAGE analysis. The native protein is believed to be glycosylatedsince its apparent molecular mass decreases after digestion withneuraminidase followed by endoglycosidase F.

Multiple types of calcium channels have been detected based onelectrophysiological and pharmacological studies of various mammaliancells from various tissues (e.g., skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, lung,smooth muscle and brain) Bean, B. P., Annu. Rev. Physiol. 51:367-384(1989) and Hess, P., Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 56:337 (1990)). Thesedifferent types of calcium channels have been broadly categorized intofour classes, L-, T-, N-, and P-type, distinguished by current kinetics,holding potential sensitivity and sensitivity to calcium channelagonists and antagonists. Four subtypes of neuronal voltage-dependentcalcium channels have been proposed Swandulla, D. et al., TrendsNeurosci 14:46 (1991)!.

Characterization of a particular type of calcium channel by analysis ofwhole cells is severely restricted by the presence of mixed populationsof different types of calcium channels in the majority of cells. Thishindrance is also a drawback in attempting to discern whether a calciumcurrent with properties that preclude categorization on the basis ofthese four broad classes is generated by a new type or subtype ofcalcium channel or a previously classified channel that is obscured bycontaminating currents. Although single-channel recording methods can beused to examine individual calcium channels, such analysis revealsnothing about the molecular structure or biochemical composition of thechannel. Furthermore, in this type of analysis, the channel is isolatedfrom other cellular constituents that might be important for naturalfunctions and pharmacological interactions.

Structural features of calcium channels can also be used in evaluationand characterization of different types of calcium channels. However,large amounts of pure channel protein are required to understand, at themolecular level, the nature of the subunits and their variousinteractions, for example, with one another, with the cell membranesacross which the channels allow Ca²⁺ ions to pass, with Ca²⁺ and otherions, and with low molecular weight compounds such as drugs(pharmacological agents) that affect channel function. Due to thecomplex nature of these multi-subunit proteins, the varying levels ofcalcium channels in tissue sources of the protein, the presence of mixedpopulations of calcium channels in tissues, and the modifications of thenative protein that can occur during the isolation procedure, it isextremely difficult to obtain large amounts of highly purified,completely intact calcium channel protein.

Characterization of the gene or genes encoding calcium channels providesanother means of characterization of different types of calciumchannels. The amino acid sequence determined based on the completenucleotide sequence of the coding region of a gene encoding a calciumchannel protein represents the actual primary structure of the protein.Furthermore, secondary structure of the calcium channel protein and therelationship of the protein to the membrane may be predicted based onanalysis of the primary structure. For instance, hydropathy plots of theal subunit protein of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelindicate that it contains four internal repeats, each containing sixputative transmembrane regions. Tanabe, T. et al., Nature 328:313(1987).!

The cDNA and corresponding amino acid sequences of the α1, α₂, β and γsubunits of the rabbit skeletal muscle have been determined see Tanabeet al., Nature 328:313-318 (1987), Ellis et al., PCT Application No. WO89/09834, Ruth et al., Science 245:1115-1118 (1989), and U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 482,384, filed Feb. 20, 1990, (the disclosure ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference), respectively!. In addition,the cDNA and corresponding amino acid sequences of al subunits of rabbitcardiac muscle Mikami, A. et al., Nature 340:230-233 (1989)! and lungBiel, M., FEBS Letters 269:409-412 (1990)! calcium channels have beendetermined. Recently, a rabbit brain calcium channel (designated the BIchannel) cDNA was isolated Mori, Y. et al., Nature 350:398-402 (1991)!.The amino acid sequences deduced from the rabbit skeletal muscle, rabbitcardiac muscle, and rabbit lung cDNAs and the rabbit brain BI cDNAindicate that these proteins share some general structural features.However, the sequences share, at most, ˜60% homology and appear to beencoded by a minimum of three distinct genes. These findings correlatewith the varied intensities of hybridization of the rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel al subunit cDNA to rabbit genomic DNA fragmentsas reported by Ellis et al., Science 241:1661-1664 (1988).

Interestingly, partial cDNAs encoding portions of several differentsubtypes of the calcium channel al subunit have been isolated from ratbrain Snutch, T. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 87:3391-3395 (1990)!.These are referred to as rat brain class A, B, C and D cDNAs. Morerecently full-length rat brain class A Starr, T. et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 88:5621-5625 (1991)! and class C Snutch, T. et al.,Neuron 7:45-57 (1991)! cDNAs have been reported. Although the amino acidsequence encoded by the rat brain class C cDNA is approximately 95%identical to that encoded by the rabbit cardiac muscle calcium channelα1 subunit cDNA, the amino acid sequence encoded by the rat brain classA cDNA shares only 33% sequence identity with the amino acid sequencesencoded by the rabbit skeletal or cardiac muscle α1 subunit cDNAs. AcDNA encoding another calcium channel α1 subunit was also recentlyreported Hui, A. et al., Neuron 7:35-44 (1991)!. The amino acid sequenceencoded by this cDNA is ˜70% homologous to the proteins encoded by therabbit skeletal and cardiac muscle calcium channel cDNAs.

A cDNA closely related to the rat brain class C α1 subunit cDNA andpartial cDNA sequences closely related to other cDNAs encodingapparently different calcium channel α1 subunits have also beendescribed see Snutch, T. et al., Neuron 7:45-57 (1991), Perez-Reyes, E.,Wei, X., Castellano, A. and Birnbaumer, L., J. Biol. Chem. 265:20430(1990), and Hui, A. et al, Neuron 7:35-44 (1991)!. Evidence suggeststhat the closely related cDNA sequences, which are identical to some ofthe previously isolated al subunit cDNAs except in certain limitedareas, represent variants generated by alternative splicing of a primarygene transcript.

Although the existence of numerous types and subtypes of calcium channelα1 subunits with a broad range of homologies is of interest, thisinformation may be of limited utility in the absence of the knowledge ofthe functional characteristics of the calcium channels containing thesedifferent α1 subunits. Insufficient information is available to predictor discern, based on the primary structure of the α₁ subunits, thefunctional or pharmacological properties of voltage-dependent calciumchannels containing the different α₁ subunits. Therefore, attempts torecombinantly express mammalian calcium channel α1 subunits have beenreported.

To date, successful recombinant expression has been reported for onlythree of the six or seven different rabbit or rat α₁ subunit cDNAsreferred to in the preceding paragraphs. Perez-Reyes et al., Nature340:233-236 (1989) have described the presence of voltage-dependentcalcium currents in murine L cells transfected with the rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel α1 subunit cDNA. These currents were enhanced inthe presence of Bay K8644 (a known calcium channel agonist). BayK8644-sensitive Ba²⁺ currents have been detected in oocytes injectedwith in vitro transcripts of the rabbit cardiac muscle calcium channelα1 subunit cDNA Mikami, A. et al., Nature 340:230-233 (1989)!. Thesecurrents were substantially reduced in the presence of the calciumchannel antagonist nifedipine. Significantly, the barium currents of anoocyte co-injected with transcripts of the rabbit cardiac muscle calciumchannel α1 subunit cDNA and the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelα2 subunit cDNA were more than 2-fold larger than those of oocytesinjected with transcripts of the rabbit cardiac calcium channel α1subunit cDNA. Similar results were obtained when oocytes wereco-injected with transcripts of the rabbit lung calcium channel α1subunit cDNA and the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α2 subunitcDNA, i.e., the barium current was enhanced relative to that detected inoocytes injected with transcripts of the rabbit lung calcium channel α1subunit cDNA only Biel, M. et al, FEBS Letters 269:409-412 (1990)!. Mostrecently, Mori et al., Nature 350:398-402 (1991) report the presence ofinward barium currents in oocytes injected with in vitro transcripts ofthe rabbit brain BI channel cDNA. These currents were increased by twoorders of magnitude when in vitro transcripts of the rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel α2-, β-, or α2-, β-and γ-subunits wereco-injected with transcripts of the BI cDNA. Barium currents in oocytesco-injected with transcripts of the BI cDNA and the rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel α2 and β cDNAs were unaffected by the calciumchannel antagonists nifedipine or ψ-CgTx and inhibited by Bay K8644 andcrude venom from Agelenopsis aperta. of rabbit calcium channel α1subunit cDNAs and transcripts of the cDNAs indicate that the α1 subunitforms the pore through which calcium enters cells. However, therelevance of the barium currents generated in these recombinant cells tothe actual current generated by calcium channels containing as onecomponent the respective α1 subunits in vivo is unclear. Becauseaddition of in vitro transcripts of rabbit skeletal muscle calciumchannel α2 and/or β and γ cDNAs significantly enhanced the bariumcurrents in the recombinant cells, it appears that to completely andaccurately characterize and evaluate different calcium channel types, itis essential to examine the functional properties of recombinantchannels consisting of all the subunits as found in vivo. However, cDNAsencoding α2-, β-and γ-subunits from any of the rabbit or rat tissuesbesides rabbit skeletal muscle tissue are not available for use in suchstudies. The usefulness of rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α2-and β-subunit cDNAs in attempting to recombinantly evaluate differentcalcium channel types is extremely limited. Although others havesuggested that the β- and α2-subunits of rabbit calcium channels fromdifferent tissues are essentially identical Mori, Y. et al., Nature350:398 (1991)!, as described herein, different forms of α2-andβ-subunits, arising from alternative splicing of the correspondinggenes, are expressed in human brain, skeletal muscle and aorta.Therefore, in evaluating specific calcium channel types by examinationof recombinantly expressed channels, it is most valuable to expresscDNAs encoding calcium channel subunits from the same type of tissue.

It appears that calcium channels, specifically human calcium channels,can be relevant in certain disease states. A number of compounds usefulin treating various cardiovascular diseases in animals, includinghumans, are thought to exert their beneficial effects by modulatingfunctions of voltage-dependent calcium channels present in cardiacand/or vascular smooth muscle. Many of these compounds bind to calciumchannels and block, or reduce the rate of, influx of Ca²⁺ into the cellsin response to depolarization of the cell membrane.

An understanding of the pharmacology of compounds that interact withcalcium channels in other organ systems, such as the central nervoussystem ("CNS"), and the ability to rationally design compounds that willinteract with these specific subtypes of human calcium channels to havedesired therapeutic, e.g., treatment of neurodegenerative disorders,effects have been hampered by an inability to independently determinehow many different types of calcium channels exist or the molecularnature of individual subtypes, particularly in the CNS, and theunavailability of pure preparations of specific channel subtypes, i.e.,systems to evaluate the specificity of calcium channel-effectingcompounds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the present invention, we have discovered, isolatedand purified DNAs which encode α₁ -subunits of voltage-dependent humancalcium channels (type II, type III and type IV, hereinafter VDCC II,VDCC III and VDCC IV); DNAs which encode α₂ -subunits of human calciumchannels; DNAs which encode β-subunits of human calcium channels; andDNAs which encode γ-subunits of human calcium channels.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is providedfor the first time the isolation and characterization of full lengthcDNAs (and corresponding RNAs) encoding α₁ VDCC III-, α₂ - andβ-subunits of human calcium channels. Also provided are cDNAs encodingsignificant portions of α₁ VDCC II-, α1 VDCC IV-, and γ-subunits ofvoltage-dependent human calcium channels from which full length cDNAsencoding types II and IV α₁ - and γ-subunits may be readily isolated,cloned and used, for example, to express recombinant human calciumchannels. In still another aspect the invention concerns nucleic acidprobes comprising at least about 14 contiguous nucleotides of an α₁ VDCCIII-, α₁ VDCC II-, α₁ VDCC IV-, α₂ -, β- or γ-subunit DNA of theinvention which may be used for the isolation and cloning of additionalcalcium channel subunit encoding cDNAs, including splice variants withintissues and inter-tissue variants.

In another aspect of the invention there is provided a eukaryotic cellwhich is transfected or injected with DNA or transcripts of DNAcomprising at least one or more of the novel subunit-encoding cDNAs ofthe invention which are expressed such that the cell possesses a calciumchannel comprising at least one or more human calcium channel subunitsof the present invention. These eukaryotic cells of the invention havefunctional, heterologous calcium channels (hereinafter referred to as"foreign" or "heterologous" or "recombinant" calcium channels) which arecapable of gating the passage of calcium channel selective ions and/orbinding a compound, present at a physiological concentration, which iscapable of affecting the ability of the recombinant calcium channel topass such ions. The heterologous calcium channels of such cells aredistinguishable from endogenous calcium channels of the host cell. Inone aspect, the invention includes a eukaryotic cell which istransfected with a cDNA (or injected with RNA transcripts thereof)encoding a human calcium channel α₁ -subunit of the invention,preferably an α₁ VDCC III subunit, and more preferably additional cDNAsencoding human β, α₂ or γ-subunits, such that the cell expresses arecombinant calcium channel which is capable of regulating the passageof calcium channel selective ions and is sensitive to compounds whichare agonists or antagonists of human calcium channel activity. In otheraspects, the invention entails a eukaryotic cell stably or transientlytransfected with any combination of one, two, three or four of thesubunit-encoding cDNAs of the present invention (e.g., α₁, α₁ +β, α₁+β+α₂, etc.) which cells may be used in functional assays of theinvention or, in the case of cells transformed with fewersubunit-encoding nucleic acids than necessary to constitute a functionalrecombinant human calcium channel, such cells may be employed asintermediates in the production of cells having additional sub units ofthe invention, the additional sub units being provided by subsequentlytransfecting such a cell with one or more cDNAs encoding a human calciumchannel subunit of which the transfected cell is devoid.

In an especially preferred embodiment, the invention entails aeukaryotic cell comprising a recombinant calcium channel consistingessentially of human sub units, said recombinant channel being capableof binding agonist or antagonist compounds and/or passing calciumchannel selective ions. In another of its aspects the invention employsa eukaryotic cell which expresses on its surface functional heterologouscalcium channels of the invention in methods for identifying agonistsand antagonists of calcium channel activity in humans and/or assessingthe contribution of the various calcium channel sub units to thetransport and regulation of calcium ions.

In still another aspect the invention is a purified human calciumchannel subunit which is obtained from a eukaryotic cell transfectedwith a DNA comprising a cDNA of the invention which encodes the subunit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 represents a restriction map of a nucleic acid sequence encodinga human neuronal α₁ calcium channel subunit (VDCC III), and the DNAsequencing strategy of various partial cDNAs used to derive the completecoding sequence;

FIG. 2 represents a restriction map of a nucleic acid sequence encodingthe majority of a human neuronal α₁ calcium channel subunit (VDCC II),and the DNA sequencing strategy of various cDNA clones used to derivethe coding sequence;

FIG. 3 depicts an alternative splicing strategy of a nucleic acidsequence encoding a human neuronal α₁ calcium channel subunit (VDCC II);

FIG. 4 presents restriction maps of a cDNA encoding the majority of ahuman neuronal α₁ calcium channel VDCC IV as compared to a restrictionmap of the rabbit BI cDNA coding sequence;

FIG. 5 is a restriction map of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a humanneuronal calcium channel β-subunit, and the various cDNA clones used toderive the complete coding sequence;

FIG. 6 is a restriction map a nucleic acid sequence encoding a humanneuronal α₂ calcium channel subunit, and the various cDNA clones used toderive the complete coding sequence;

FIG. 7A-B present a comparison of a portion of the nucleic acidsequences and deduced amino acid sequences of (1) a rabbit skeletalmuscle β subunit, (2) a human skeletal muscle β-subunit, (3) a humanneuronal β-subunit, and (4) a human aortic β-subunit;

FIG. 8A-G show recordings and IV curve depicting currents measured in anHEK cell transiently transfected with α₁ -, α₂ -, and β-subunit-encodingcDNAs;

FIG. 9A-B show recordings and IV curve depicting currents measured in anHEK cell stably transfected with α1-, α2-, and β-subunit-encoding cDNAs;

FIG. 10A-F show recordings and IV curve depicting currents measured inoocytes injected with combinations of in vitro transcripts of the α1-,α2-, and β-subunit-encoding cDNAs;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

For the first time there is provided DNAs for making recombinant humancalcium channels and in vitro methods for testing compounds for calciumchannel agonist and antagonist activity using eukaryotic cells thatexpress such recombinant human calcium channels. The DNAs of the presentinvention and eukaryotic cells expressing these DNAs allow for the firsttime drug screening assays for calcium channel agonists and antagonistswhich are specific for human calcium channels expressed in a controlledsystem. The assay methods of the invention are highly accurate forpredicting the relative efficacy of a compound in humans. Such assaysmay be advantageously used, for example, in screening methods used inconjunction with "designing" agonists and antagonists where it isimportant to accurately predict efficacy, with human calcium channels,between test compounds which differ slightly in structure (e.g.,stereoisomers, etc.). The compositions and recombinant cells of theinventions thus allow the study of human calcium channel functions inrecombinant cell systems.

Moreover, there are provided α₁ -sub units of voltage-dependent calciumchannels types II, III and IV, and subtypes thereof, which types (andsubtypes thereof) differ with respect to their sensitivity to knownclasses of calcium channel agonists and antagonists such asdihydropyridines, phenylalkylamines, omega conotoxin andpyrazonoylguanidines. Further provided are variant forms of humancalcium channel α₂ and β sub units, some of which appear to betissue-specific variants. Thus, the present invention advantageouslyallows human calcium channel subtype specific drugs to be identified.

Thus, in one of its aspects, the invention is a DNA which comprises acDNA which codes for an α₁ -subunit of a human calcium channel, and theRNA, coding for such a subunit, made upon transcription of such a DNAaccording to the invention.

In another of its aspects, the invention is a DNA which comprises a cDNAwhich codes for an α₂ -subunit of a human calcium channel, and the RNA,coding for such a subunit, made upon transcription of such a DNAaccording to the invention.

In a further of its aspects, the invention is a DNA which comprises acDNA which codes for a β-subunit of a human calcium channel, and theRNA, coding for such a subunit, made upon transcription of such a DNAaccording to the invention.

In another of its aspects, the invention is a DNA which comprises a cDNAwhich codes for a γ-subunit of a human calcium channel, and the RNA,coding for such a subunit, made upon transcription of such a DNAaccording to the invention.

In a further of its aspects, the invention is a eukaryotic cellcomprising at least one heterologous DNA selected from the groupconsisting of: a DNA which comprises a nucleotide sequence which can beexpressed to make an α₁ -subunit of a human calcium channel; a DNA whichcomprises a nucleotide sequence which can be expressed to make an α₂-subunit of a human calcium channel; a DNA which comprises a nucleotidesequence which can be expressed to make a β-subunit of a human calciumchannel; and a DNA which comprises a nucleotide sequence which can beexpressed to make a γ-subunit of a human calcium channel. Preferably,said nucleotide sequence is comprised of a cDNA. cDNAs having nucleotidesequences which code for divergent, but nearly identical, amino acidsequences of a subunit of the invention are referred to herein as"splice variants." A splice variant refers to differential processing ofa primary transcript of the genomic DNA to give more than one type ofmRNA. Splice variants may be found within a single tissue type orbetween tissues (tissue-specific variants).

In particularly preferred aspects, the invention entails a recombinanteukaryotic cell comprising at least one heterologous DNA which comprisesa cDNA which can be expressed to make a subunit of the present inventionwhich at least one subunit, when expressed in the host cell, providesrecombinant functional calcium channel activity of a calcium channeltype that is absent from the untransfected host cell or that is of amagnitude not exhibited in the untransfected cell. "Functional" as usedherein in reference to a recombinant or heterologous calcium channelmeans that the channel is able to provide for and regulate entry ofcalcium channel selective ions (e.g., Ca²⁺ or Ba²⁺) in response to astimulus and/or bind ligands with affinity for the channel, and thatsuch calcium channel activity is distinguishable (e.g.,electrophysiologically, pharmacologically, etc.) from any identifiedendogenous calcium channel activity that might be present in the hostcell. In accordance with one preferred embodiment of the invention theat least one heterologous DNA which comprises a cDNA which can beexpressed to make a subunit of the present invention encodes a humancalcium channel α₁ -subunit

By the term "calcium channel selective ion" is meant an ion that iscapable of flowing through, or being blocked from flowing through, acalcium channel which spans a cellular membrane under conditions whichwould substantially similarly permit or block the flow of Ca²⁺. Ba²⁺ isan example of an ion which is a calcium channel selective ion.

In another of its aspects, the invention entails a eukaryotic cell withan heterologous calcium channel, said cell made by a process comprisingadministering to said cell a first which composition, which comprises atleast one RNA which is translatable in said cell for the expression ofthe corresponding at least one subunit of a human calcium channel.Preferably said at least one RNA encodes an α₁ -subunit of a humancalcium channel. More preferably said composition comprising at leastone RNA is a composition which contains an RNA which encodes an α₁-subunit of a human calcium channel and further comprises (1) an RNAwhich encodes a β subunit of a human calcium channel and/or (2) an RNAwhich encodes an α₂ -subunit of a human calcium channel. Especiallypreferred is the administration to such cell of an RNA encoding an α₁ -,an RNA encoding a β- and an RNA encoding an α₂ -human calcium channelsubunit of the invention, and, optionally, an RNA encoding a γ-subunitof a human calcium channel. Preferred cells for expressing RNAs which,when expressed in combination, yield functional heterologous humancalcium channels are Xenopus laevis oocytes.

Methods employed in making cells of the invention, i.e., transforming aeukaryotic cell with suitable heterologous DNAS, to be maintained in thecell as episomes or (preferably) integrated into chromosomal DNA of thecell, and then culturing transformants or subculturing (or passaging, inthe case of mammalian cells) from such a culture or a subculturethereof, or injecting a eukaryotic cell with transcripts of theheterologous DNAs to be translated within the cell, are well known tothose of ordinary skill. Preferred as host cells for preparing cells ofthe present invention which express heterologous calcium channels arecells of mammalian origin, such as COS cells, mouse L cells, CHO cells(e.g., DG44 cells), human embryonic kidney cells (e.g., HEK293 cells),African green monkey cells and the like, amphibian cells, such asXenopus laevis oocytes, or those of yeast such as S. cerevisiae or P.pastoris.

Preferred among such cells of the invention is a recombinant eukaryoticcell with a functional heterologous calcium channel, said calciumchannel made by a process comprising expressing a first cDNA, which canbe expressed to make an α₁ -subunit of a human calcium channel, morepreferably further comprising expressing, along with said first cDNA, asecond cDNA, which can be expressed to make a β-subunit of a humancalcium channel and/or a third cDNA which can be expressed to make an α₂-subunit of a human calcium channel. Especially preferred is theexpression in such a recombinant cell of each of the α₁ -, β- and α₂-subunit-encoding cDNAs, and optionally a fourth cDNA encoding aγ-subunit of a human calcium channel, or transcripts of heterologousDNAs encoding these four sub units. Preferred host cells for expressingsuch cDNAs are mammalian cells such as COS cells, mouse L cells, CHOcells (e.g., DG44 cells), human embryonic kidney cells (e.g., HEK293cells), African green monkey cells and the like, and yeast cells such asS. cerevisiae or P. pastoris.

In another of its aspects, a method of the invention entails a ligandbinding assay for testing a compound for capacity to specifically bindto a calcium channel which method comprises contacting the cell membraneof a eukaryotic cell of the invention which expresses at least onesubunit of a human calcium channel, preferably at least an α₁ -subunitof a human calcium channel, with the test compound and measuring thecapacity of the test compound to specifically bind to the membrane. Morepreferably such an assay employs a recombinant cell which has a calciumchannel comprising an α₁ -subunit of a human calcium channel incombination with a β-subunit of a human calcium channel and/or an α₂-subunit of a human calcium channel. Especially preferred for use insuch an assay is a recombinant cell expressing heterologous calciumchannels comprising each of the α₁ -, β- and α₂ -human sub units of theinvention, and, optionally, a γ-subunit of a human calcium channel.

In another of its aspects, a method of the invention entails afunctional assay for testing a compound for calcium channel agonist orantagonist activity which method comprises measuring the calcium channelactivity of a eukaryotic cell of the invention having a heterologous,functional calcium channel (that is, the amount of current which flowsthrough the recombinant channel in response to a stimulus) when suchcell is exposed to a solution containing the compound being tested foragonist or antagonis activity, and comparing the measured calciumchannel activity to the calcium channel activity of the same cell or asubstantially identical control cell in a solution not containing thetest compound. In the method, such a cell is maintained in a solutionhaving a concentration of calcium channel selective ions sufficient toprovide an inward current when the channels open. Especially preferredfor use is a recombinant cell expressing calcium channels comprisingeach of the α₁ -, β- and α₂ -human sub units of the invention, and,optionally, a γ-subunit of a human calcium channel. For similar methodsapplied with Xenopus laevis oocytes and acetylcholine receptors, seee.g., Mishina et al., Nature 313:364 (1985) and, with such oocytes andsodium channels, see Noda et al., Nature 322:826-828 (1986). Such a cellhaving heterologous functional calcium channels is thus employed in themethod of the invention to measure functionally (e.g.,electrophysiologically) the ability of the test compound to potentiateor antagonize the magnitude and duration of the flow of calcium channelselective ions, such as Ca⁺⁺ or Ba⁺⁺, through the heterologousfunctional channel. For similar studies which have been carried out withthe acetylcholine receptor, see Claudio et al., Science 238:1688-1694(1987). The amount of current which flows through the recombinantcalcium channels of a cell may be determined directly,electrophysiologically or by monitoring an independent reaction whichoccurs intracellularly and which is directly influenced in a calcium (orother) ion dependent manner.

In one embodiment of the method for testing a compound for calciumchannel agonist or antagonist activity, in which method the amount ofcurrent is measured by its modulation of a reaction which is sensitiveto calcium channel selective ions, a eukaryotic cell of the presentinvention further comprises another heterologous gene, which comprises atranscriptional control element linked operatively for expression to astructural gene for an indicator protein. The transcriptional controlelement employed to drive transcription of the indicator gene isresponsive in the cell to a calcium channel selective ion (e.g., Ca²⁺).Such methods for testing a compound for ion channel activity aredisclosed in commonly owned U.S. Ser. No. 563,751, filed Aug. 7, 1990,now U.S. Pat. No. 5,401,629, and in commonly-owned PCT InternationalPatent Application No. WO 92/02639, filed Aug. 7, 1991, which claimspriority to U.S. Ser. No. 563,751, field Aug. 7, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No.5,401,629, the contents of which applications are hereby incorporated byreference herein.

As clearly understood by those skilled in the art, assay methods fordetermining whether a compound is an agonist or an antagonist of a givenfunctional activity requires comparison to a control. One type of a"control" cell or "control" culture is a cell or culture that is, and istreated, substantially the same as the culture exposed to the compoundbeing assayed except that the control culture is not exposed to thecompound being assayed. Another type of a "control" cell or "control"culture is a cell or a culture of cells which are identical to the cellsaccording to the invention, except the cells employed for the controlculture do not express functional calcium channels. In this situation,the response of test cell to the compound being assayed is compared tothe response (or lack of response) of the receptor-negative cell to thecompound being assayed, when cells or cultures of each type of cell areexposed to substantially the same reaction conditions in the presence ofthe compound being assayed. In methods of the invention utilizing patchclamp electrophysiological procedures, the same cell can be tested inthe presence and absence of the test compound, by changing the externalsolution bathing the cell as known in the art.

In yet another of its aspects, the invention is a substantially puresubunit of a human calcium channel selected from the group consisting ofan α₁ -subunit of a human calcium channel, an α₂ -subunit of a humancalcium channel, a β-subunit of a human calcium channel and a γ-subunitof a human calcium channel.

By a "substantially pure" subunit or protein is meant a subunit orprotein that is sufficiently free of other polypeptide contaminants tobe considered homogeneous by SDS-PAGE or to be unambiguously sequenced.

In yet another aspect the invention entails immunoglobulins obtainedfrom the serum of an animal immunized with a substantially purepreparation of a human calcium channel subunit (or epitope containingfragment thereof) of the present invention or monoclonal antibodiesproduced using a calcium channel subunit of the invention (or epitopecontaining fragment thereof) as immunogen. E.coli fusion proteinscomprising a fragment of a human calcium channel subunit may also beused as immunogen. Such fusion proteins may consist of e.g., E.coli TrpEprotein fused to a peptide based on selected nucleotide sequences of asubunit cDNA of the invention. The immunoglobulins of the presentinvention have among other properties the ability to specifically bindand/or cause the immunoprecipitation of a human calcium channel or asubunit thereof which may be present in a biological sample or asolution derived from such a biological sample. Another aspect of theinvention is a diagnostic method for determining the presence of LambertEaton Syndrome (LES) in a human based on immunological reactivity of LESimmunoglobulin G (IgG) with a human calcium channel subunit of thepresent invention or a eukaryotic cell of the invention which expressesa recombinant human calcium channel a subunit of the invention.

In a still further aspect, the invention is an immunoassay method fordiagnosing Lambert-Eaton Syndrome in a person, which method comprisescombining serum from the person (test serum) with α₁ -subunit of a humancalcium channel and α₂ -subunit of a human calcium channel andascertaining whether antibodies in the test serum react with one or bothof the sub units, or a recombinant cell of the invention which expressesone or both of the sub units to a greater extent than antibodies incontrol serum (e.g., from a person or group of persons known to be freeof the Syndrome). Any immunoassay procedure known in the art fordetecting antibodies against a given antigen in serum can be employed inthe method.

The invention entails also a labeled (e.g., radioactively orenzymatically labeled) RNA or single-stranded DNA of at least 14 basesin length in a sequence which comprises a sequence of at least 14(preferably at least 30) contiguous bases of a nucleic acid whichencodes at least a portion of a human calcium channel subunit, thesequence of which nucleic acid corresponds to a segment of a nucleicacid sequence of the present invention disclosed herein by reference toa Sequence ID No. Such nucleic acid segments may be used as probes. See,generally, Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2d,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989.

Finally, the invention entails a method to identify DNA encoding α₁ -,α₂ -, β- or γ-sub units of human calcium channels. This is accomplishedby hybridizing, under appropriate hybridization conditions (e.g., highstringency), restriction enzyme-digested human DNA with a labeled probehaving at least 14 nucleotides and derived from any contiguous sequencetaken from the sequences set forth herein by sequence identificationnumber. Once a fragment of interest is identified in the hybridizationreaction, it can be cloned employing standard cloning techniques whichare known by those of skill in the art. This method can be employed toidentify varying transcripts encoding human calcium channel sub units(i.e., splice variants) generated by alternative splicing of the primarytranscript of the genomic subunit DNA. For instance, a subunit cDNAisolated by hybridization to a DNA sequence of the invention can becharacterized (e.g., restriction mapping, DNA sequencing) and comparedto cDNAs of the invention to identify heterogeneity or divergences inthe sequences indicative of alternative splicing of the transcript fromwhich the cDNAs were derived. Oligonucleotides corresponding todivergent sequences can be used to isolate, by hybridization, thefull-length splice variant cDNA. In addition, nucleic acid amplificationtechniques, which are well known in the art, can be used to locatesplice variants of calcium channel sub units by employingoligonucleotides based on DNA sequences surrounding the divergentsequence of a cDNA as primers to amplify human RNA or genomic DNA. Sizeand sequence determinations of the amplification products can revealsplice variants. Furthermore, isolation of human genomic DNA sequencesby hybridization to cDNAs of the invention can yield DNAs containingmultiple exons, separated by introns, that correspond to differentsplice variants of transcripts encoding human calcium channel sub units.

A preferred strategy for cloning cDNAs encoding an α₁ -, α₂ -, β- orγ-sub units of voltage-dependent human calcium channels is to screenhuman cDNA libraries prepared from isolated poly A+ mRNA from cell linesor tissue of human origin having such calcium channels. Among thesources of such cells or tissue for obtaining mRNA are brain tissue or acell line having neural origin such as a neuroblastoma cell line, humanskeletal muscle or smooth muscle cells, and the like. Methods ofpreparing cDNA libraries are well known in the art see generally Ausubelet al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biolory, Wiley-Interscience, NewYork (1987); and Davis et al., Basic Methods in Molecular Biology,Elsevier Science Publishing Co., New York (1986)!.

With respect to each of the respective sub units of a human calciumchannel (α₁ -, α₂ -, β- or γ), once a channel subunit is found by anucleic acid screening method, the clone may be used for furtherscreening to identify overlapping clones. These cloned DNA fragments canbe subcloned into an appropriate vector such as pIBI24/25 (IBI, NewHaven, Conn.) or M13mp18/19, pGEM4, pGEM3, pGEM7Z, pSP72 or the like,and characterized by DNA sequencing and restriction enzyme mapping. Asequential series of overlapping clones may be thus generated for eachof the sub units until a full-length clone can be prepared as determinedby identification of translation initiation (start) and translationtermination (stop) codons. Also, the 5' noncoding sequence of such aclone may be replaced with an efficient ribosome binding site as knownin the art. Examples II-VI below describes in detail the cloning of eachof the various sub units of the present invention as well as subtypesand splice variants, including tissue-specific variants thereof. And,where partial sequences of a subunit are disclosed, it is well withinthe skill of art, in view of the teaching herein to obtain thecorresponding full-length nucleotide sequence encoding the subunit,subtype or splice variant thereof.

Briefly, as pertains to the isolation of the VDCC III α₁ -subunit cDNA,fragments of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α₁ -subunit cDNAwere used as a probe to screen a cDNA library of the human neuroblastomacell line, IMR32 to obtain clone α1.36. This clone was used as a probeto screen additional IMR32 cell cDNA libraries to obtain overlappingclones, which overlapping clones were then employed in screening until asufficient series of clones to span the length of the nucleotidesequence encoding the human VDCC III α₁ subunit was obtained.Full-length VDCC III cDNAs were constructed by, inter alia ligatingportions of partial VDCC III clones as described in Example I. Thevarious cDNA clones from which the coding sequence for the α₁ -subunitwas derived are set forth in FIG. 1. In the Figure, the heavy linerepresents the α₁ coding sequence. Overlapping clones from which thecomplete sequence was derived are shown above the composite restrictionmap. The shows the sequence of an alternative exon encoding the IS6transmembrane domain is included in portions of the sequences of IMR321.157 (nt 57 to 89, Sequence ID #9; nt 1 to 67, Sequence ID #6), IMR321.66 (nt 100 to 132, Sequence ID #8; nt 1 to 67, Sequence ID #6), andthe rabbit lung CaCB-receptor sequence, nt -33 to 67 M. Biel. et al.,(1990) FEBS Lett. 269, 409! see Tanabe, T., et al. (1987). Nature328:313-318 for a description of transmembrane domain terminology of theVDCC III -subunit.

Sequence ID No. 1 shows the 7,125 nucleotide sequence of the cDNAencoding the VDCC III α₁ -subunit. There is a 6,483 nucleotide sequencereading frame which encodes a sequence of 2,161 amino acids (as shown inSequence ID No. 1).

Sequence ID No. 2 shows the 2,161 amino acid 30 sequence deduced fromthe cDNA of the VDCC III α₁ subunit of the human neuronal calciumchannel. The complete sequence yields a calculated Mr of 245,163 for theVDCC III α₁ protein. The amino acid sequence determined and reportedhere is about 70% identical to that described by Tanabe et al., supra.The VDCC III α₁ -subunit of the calcium channel contains four putativeinternal repeated sequence regions. Four internally repeated regionsrepresent twenty-four putative transmembrane segments and the amino- andcarboxyl-termini extend intracellularly.

A description of the cloning of cDNAs encoding portions of α₁ VDCC IIand a VDCC IV sub units of the invention are given in Example I. A VDCCII α₁ subunit is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which encodes an aminoacid sequence comprising the sequence represented by sequence ID No. 7or sequence ID No. 11; and a VDCC IV α₁ subunit is encoded by anucleotide sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence comprisingsequences represented by sequence ID No. 15 and/or sequence ID No. 17.

With respect to the β subunit, a human hippocampus cDNA library wasplated with an appropriate strain of E. coli and 3×10⁵ plaques werescreened by hybridization to a cDNA sequence encoding rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel β subunit to identify a positive clone which wasin turn used to isolate overlapping clones until the entire sequence forthe human calcium channel β subunit was determined. The cDNA sequenceencoding β subunit of rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel isdisclosed in commonly owned U.S. application Ser. No. 482,384, filedFeb. 20, 1990, the contents of which are incorporated herein byreference. A detailed example of the cloning of cDNAs which encode humanneuronal calcium channel β sub units is given in Example III.

Sequence ID No. 18 shows the nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding onevariant of the β-subunit. Sequence ID No. 22 represents the sequence ofa cDNA encoding the major portion including a unique exon which isincluded in another splice variant of a β-subunit. Both of these splicevariants encode human neuronal β-sub units. A cDNA sequence distinctivefor a portion of a β-subunit of a human aortic calcium channel is shownin Sequence ID No. 31.

A cDNA encoding a human neuronal calcium channel α₂ -subunit wasisolated in a manner substantially similar to that used for isolating α₁subunit cDNAs, except that a human genomic DNA library was probed underlow and high stringency conditions with a fragment of the rabbitskeletal muscle calcium channel α₂ subunit cDNA having the sequencecorresponding to the nucleotide sequence between nucleotides 43 and 272inclusive of rabbit back skeletal muscle calcium channel α₂ subunit cDNAas disclosed in PCT International Patent Application Publication No. WO89/09834, incorporated herein by reference. Example IV describes indetail the isolation of cDNA clones encoding an α₂ subunit of a humancalcium channel from a human DNA library using genomic DNA and cDNAidentified by hybridization to the genomic DNA as probes.

Sequence ID No. 24 shows a cDNA sequence encoding the α₂ -subunit. Asdescribed in Example V, PCR analysis of RNA from human skeletal muscle,brain tissue and aorta using oligonucleotide primers specific for aregion of the human neuronal α₂ -subunit cDNA that diverges from therabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA (whichdivergence was discoverable only by first obtaining novel human calciumchannel α₂ -subunit cDNAs) identified novel splice variants of the humancalcium channel α₂ -subunit transcript.

A cDNA encoding a human neuronal calcium channel γ-subunit may beisolated as described in detail in the Example VI. Sequence ID No. 29shows the nucleotide sequence at the 3'-end of this DNA which has areading frame encoding a sequence of 43 amino acid residues.

A nucleotide sequence disclosed herein which encodes at least a portionof a subunit of a human calcium channel, (e.g., a tissue-specific exon)may be used to clone a full length gene encoding said human calciumchannel subunit, which can then be expressed in a host cell, usingmethods described in the following examples or other procedures wellknown to those ordinarily skilled in the art. Incorporation of a clonedgene into a suitable expression vector, transfection of eukaryotic cellswith a plasmid vector or a combination of plasmid vectors, each encodingone or more distinct genes, and selection of transfected cells are alsowell known in the art. (See, Sambrook, et al., Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual, Second Edition (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press(1989).) Cloned full-length cDNAs encoding any of the sub units of ahuman calcium channel of the present invention may be introduced into aplasmid vector for expression in a eukaryotic cell. Such a vector is anexample of a DNA which comprises a cDNA with a sequence which codes fora subunit of a human calcium channel. Host cells may be transfected withone or a combination of said vectors, each of which encodes a calciumchannel subunit. While the DNAs of the invention may be expressed in anyeukaryotic cell including yeast cells such as Pichia pastoris (see e.g.,Cregg, et al., Bio/Technology 5, 479 (1987)) it is preferred to usemammalian expression systems for expression of the calcium channel subunits of the present invention because of the ability of such expressionsystems to effect post-translational modifications such asglycosylation, phosphorylation, specific proteolysis and the like.

Furthermore, in vitro transcription of a cloned gene and injection ofthe resulting RNA into eukaryotic cells are also well known in the art.Transcripts of any of the full-length cDNAs encoding any of the subunits of a human calcium channel of the present invention may beinjected alone or in combination into eukaryotic cells for expression insaid cells. Amphibian oocytes are particularly preferred for expressionof in vitro transcripts of the human calcium channel subunit cDNAs ofthe present invention.

Among the uses for eukaryotic cells which recombinantly express one ormore sub units of the present invention are assays for determiningwhether a test compound has calcium channel agonist or antagonistactivity. Desirably, a host cell for the expression of calcium channelsub units of the present invention will not produce endogenous calciumchannel sub units of the type or in an amount that will substantiallyinterfere with the detection of heterologous calcium channel sub unitsin ligand binding assays or detection of heterologous calcium channelfunction (e.g., generation of calcium current) in functional assays.

With respect to ligand binding assays, the host cells preferably shouldnot produce endogenous calcium channels which are able to bind a ligandhaving, at physiological concentrations (e.g., nanomolar or picomolaramounts), affinity for one or a combination of the heterologous calciumchannel sub units of the present invention. Preferred among themammalian host cells which may be employed to express one or more of thehuman calcium channel sub units of the present invention for suchexpression are Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, COS cells, mouse Lcells, human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells.

With respect to ligand binding assays for identifying a compound whichhas affinity for calcium channels, cells are employed which express,preferably, at least a heterologous α₁ subunit. Transfected eukaryoticcells of the present invention which express at least an α₁ -subunit ofthe invention may be used to determine the capacity of a test compoundto specifically bind to, and likely affect the function of, a calciumchannel. Such ligand binding assays may be performed on intacttransfected cells or membranes prepared therefrom.

The capacity of a test compound to bind to membranes comprisingheterologous calcium channels or sub units thereof may be determined byany appropriate competitive binding analysis (e.g., Scatchard plots),wherein the binding capacity of such membranes is determined in thepresence and absence of one or more concentrations a compound havingknown affinity for the calcium channel. As a control, these results maybe compared to an identically treated membrane preparation from hostcells which were not transfected with one or more subunit-encodingnucleic acids (i.e., a negative control).

Stably or transiently transfected cells or injected cells of the presentinvention which express voltage-dependent human calcium channelscomprising one or more of the sub units of a human calcium channeldesirably may be used in functional assays to identify agents which areagonists or antagonists of calcium channel activity. Functionallytesting activity of test compounds, including compounds having unknownactivity, for calcium channel agonist or antagonist activity todetermine if a test compound can potentiate or inhibit the flow ofcalcium through a human calcium channel entails a method which comprises(a) maintaining a eukaryotic cell which is transformed or injected toexpress a heterologous functional calcium channel capable of regulatingthe flow of calcium channel selective ions into the cell in a mediumcomprising calcium channel selective ions (i) in the presence of and(ii) in the absence of a test compound; (b) maintaining the cell underconditions such that the heterologous calcium channels are substantiallyclosed and endogenous calcium channels of the cell are substantiallyinhibited (c) depolarizing the membrane of the cell maintained in step(b) to an extent and for an amount of time sufficient to cause(preferably, substantially only) the heterologous calcium channels tobecome permeable to the calcium channel selective ions; and (d)comparing the amount and duration of current flow into the cell in thepresence of the test compound to that of the current flow into the cell,or a substantially similar cell, in the absence of the test compound.

Functional calcium channels as used herein may preferably comprise atleast an α₁ subunit and a β-subunit of a human calcium channel.Eukaryotic cells expressing these two sub units have exhibited voltagedependent calcium channel activity. The α₂ -subunit may potentiatecalcium channel function (i.e., eukaryotic cells expressing heterologouscalcium channels comprising an α₂ subunit in addition to the α₁ subunitand β a subunit have been shown to exhibit increased calcium selectiveion flow across the cellular membrane in response to depolarization).Eukaryotic cells which express heterologous calcium channels comprisingat least a human α₁ -subunit, a human β-subunit and a human α₂ -subunitare preferred eukaryotic cells of the present invention. However,eukaryotic cells transformed with a composition consisting essentiallyof a cDNA-containing vector or an RNA of the invention which encodes anα₁ -subunit alone or in combination with a β-and/or an α₂ subunit may beused to give functional calcium channels. Since recombinant cellsexpressing human calcium channels consisting essentially of human subunits are especially preferred, it is desirable to inject or transformsuch host cells with a sufficient concentration of the subunit-encodingnucleic acids of the invention to promote expression of calcium channelsconsisting essentially of human sub units.

With respect to measurement of functional heterologous calcium channels,preferably, endogenous ion channel activity and hybrid channel activityof a host cell can be inhibited to a significant extent by chemical(i.e., pharmacological) and/or electrophysiological means (e.g.,differential holding potential) to increase the S/N ratio of themeasured heterologous calcium channel activity.

Particularly preferred vectors for transfection of mammalian cells arethe pSV2dhfr expression vectors (which comprises the SV40 earlypromoter, mouse dhfr gene, SV40 polyadenylation and splice sites andsequences necessary for maintaining the vector in bacteria), pCDNA1 orpCMV-based vectors which comprise the cytomegalovirus promoter or MMTVpromoter-based vectors or the vector pCMV. A cloned calcium channelsubunit gene of the present invention may be inserted in the vectorpCDNA1 at a position immediately following the CMV promoter. Theexpression of functional, voltage-dependent calcium channels in HEK 293cells transfected with calcium channel subunit cDNAs contained in vectorpCDNA1 is described in Example VII.

Stably transfected mammalian cells may be made as known in the art bytransfecting cells with an expression vector having a selectable markergene such as the gene for thymidine kinase, dihydrofolate reductase,neomycin resistance or the like, and growing the transfected cells underconditions selective for cells expressing the marker gene.

Electrophysiological procedures for measuring the current across anion-selective membrane of a cell are well known. A preferred method forthe determination of the amount and duration of the flow of calciumselective ions through heterologous calcium channels of a recombinantcell of the invention employs electrophysiological recordings using avoltage clamp, such as the whole-cell patch clamp technique. It is knownto eliminate non-calcium currents and, preferably, substantially reducecalcium currents resulting from endogenous calcium channels (i.e.,pharmacologically, electrophysiologically) when measuring calciumcurrents through recombinant channels.

A further aspect of the invention provides for a diagnostic assay forLambert Eaton Syndrome (LES). LES is an autoimmune disease characterizedby an insufficient release of acetylcholine from motor nerve terminalswhich normally are responsive to nerve impulses. A recent publication(Kim and Neher, Science 239, 405-408 (1988)) demonstrates that IgGs fromLES patients block individual voltage-dependent calcium channels andthus prevent function. A diagnostic assay for LES based on immunologicalreactivity of LES IgG with calcium channel α₁ -subunit alone or incombination with β-subunit is thus provided for. For example, such anassay may be based on immunoprecipitation of LES IgG by the calciumchannel sub units of the invention.

The invention will now be described in greater detail by reference tothe following non-limiting examples.

EXAMPLE I cDNA LIBRARIES USED TO ISOLATE cDNAs ENCODING HUMAN NEURONALVOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL SUB UNITS

A. RNA Isolation

1. IMR32 cells

IMR32 cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection(ATCC #CCL127, Rockville, Md.) and grown in DMEM, 10% fetal bovineserum, 1% penicillin/streptomycin (GIBCO, Grand Island, N.Y.) plus 1.0mM dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP) for ten days. Total RNA was isolated from thecells according to the procedure described by H. C. Birnboim NucleicAcids Research 16:1487-1497 (1988)!. Poly(A⁺) RNA was selected accordingto standard procedures (see J. Sambrook, E. F. Fritsch, T. Maniatis, in:Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryPress, 1989; pg. 7.26-7.29).

2. Human thalamus tissue

Human thalamus tissue (2.34 g), obtained from the National NeurologicalResearch Bank, Los Angeles, Calif., that had been stored frozen at -70°C. was pulverized using a mortar and pestle in the presence of liquidnitrogen and the cells were lysed in 12 ml of lysis buffer (5Mguanidinium isothiocyanate, 50 mM TRIS, pH 7.4, 10 mM EDTA, 5%β-mercaptoethanol). Lysis buffer was added to the lysate to yield afinal volume of 17 ml. N-laurylsarcosine and CsCl were added to themixture to yield final concentrations of 4% and 0.01 g/ml, respectively,in a final volume of 18 ml.

The sample was centrifuged at 9,000 rpm in a Sorvall SS34 rotor for 10min at room temperature to remove the insoluble material as a pellet.The supernatant was divided into two equal portions and each was layeredonto a 2-ml cushion of a solution of 5.7M CsCl, 0.1M EDTA contained inseparate centrifuge tubes to yield approximately 9 ml per tube. Thesamples were centrifuged in an SW41 rotor at 37,000 rpm for 24 h at 20°C.

After centrifugation, each RNA pellet was resuspended in 3 ml ETS (10 mMTRIS, pH 7.4, 10 mM EDTA, 0.2% SDS) and combined into a single tube. TheRNA was precipitated with 0.25M NaCl and two volumes of 95% ethanol.

The precipitate was collected by centrifugation and resuspended in 4 mlPK buffer (0.05M TRIS, pH 8.4, 0.14M NaCl, 0.01M EDTA, 1% SDS).Proteinase K was added to the sample to a final concentration of 200μg/ml. The sample was incubated at 22° C. for 1 h, followed byextraction with an equal volume of phenol:chloroform:isoamylalcohol(50:48:2) two times, followed by one extraction with an equal volume ofchloroform: isoamylalcohol (24:1). The RNA was precipitated with ethanoland NaCl. The precipitate was resuspended in 400 μl of ETS buffer. Theyield of total RNA was approximately 1.0 mg. Poly A⁺ RNA (30 μg) wasisolated from the total RNA according to standard methods as stated inExample I.A.1.

B. cDNA Library Construction

Double strand cDNA was synthesized according to standard methods (J.Sambrook, E. F. Fritsch, T. Maniatis, IN: Molecular Cloning, ALaboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989, Chapter8). Differences occurred in the construction of the cDNA libraries dueto 1) the oligonucleotide used to prime the first strand cDNA synthesis,2) the adapters that were attached to the double strand cDNA, 3) themethod used to remove the free or unused adapters, and 4) the size ofthe fractionated cDNA ligated into the λ phage vector. Each cDNA libraryconstructed is described below with these points highlighted.

1. IMR32 cDNA library #1

Single strand cDNA was synthesized using IMR32 poly(A⁺) RNA (ExampleI.A.1.) as a template. The synthesis was primed using oligo (dT)₁₂₋₁₈(Collaborative Research Inc., Bedford, Mass.). The single strand cDNAwas converted to double strand cDNA and the yield was approximately 2μg. EcoRI adapters, ##STR1## also containing SnaBI and XhoI restrictionsites were then added to the double strand cDNA according to thefollowing procedure.

a. Phosphorylation of 18-mer

The 18-mer was phosphorylated by combining the following reagents andincubating at 37° C. for 15 minutes:

    ______________________________________    225 pmoles 18 mer plus water =                         6.8 μl    10x kinase buffer*   1.2 μl     .sup.32 P!γ-ATP (7000 Ci/mmole)                         1.0 μl    kinase (2 U/μl)   1.0 μl                          10 μl    ______________________________________     *See J. Sambrook et al., (supra).

The following two reagents were added to the above mixture and incubatedat 37° C. for 15 minutes:

    ______________________________________    10 mM ATP         1 μl    kinase (2 U/ml)   *p1326X1 μl                      12 μl  (total)    ______________________________________

The enzyme was then inactivated by boiling for 10 minutes.

b. Hybridization of 22-mer

The 22-mer was hybridized to the phosphorylated 18-mer by addition of225 pmoles of the 22-mer (plus water to bring volume to 15 μl), andincubation at 65° C. for 5 minutes. The reaction was then allowed toslow cool to room temperature.

The adapters were thus present at a concentration of 15 pmoles/μl, andwere ready for cDNA-adapter ligation.

c. Ligation of adapters to cDNA

The following were combined: Double-strand cDNA (collected as a pelletby ethanol precipitation)

    ______________________________________    Double-strand cDNA                16 μl    (collected as a pellet by ethanol precipitation)    plus    hybridized adapters (15 pmol/μl) excess                          50-fold molar    plus                  over ds cDNA    water =    10x ligase buffer*                 2 μl    ligase (10 U/μl)                2 μl                                      20 μl    ______________________________________     *See J. Sambrook et al., (supra).

The reaction was incubated at 37° C. for 60 minutes.

After the EcoRI, SnaBI, XhoI adapters were added to the double strandcDNA by incubating for 60 minutes, the ligase was inactivated by heatingthe mixture to 72° C. for 15 minutes. The following reagents were addedto the cDNA ligation reaction and heated at 37° C. for 30 minutes:

    ______________________________________    cDNA ligation reaction                       20 μl    water              24 μl    10x kinase buffer   3 μl    10 mM ATP           1 μl    kinase (2 U/μl)  2 μl                       50 μl    ______________________________________

The reaction was stopped by the addition of 2 μl 0.5M EDTA, followed byone phenol/chloroform extraction and one chloroform extraction.

d. Size Selection and Packaging of cDNAs

The double strand cDNA with the EcoRI, naBI, XhoI adapters ligated waspurified away from the free or nligated adapters using a 5 ml SepharoseCL-4B column (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). 100 μl fractions were collectedand those containing the cDNA, determined by monitoring theradioactivity, were pooled, ethanol precipitated, resuspended in TEbuffer and loaded onto a 1% agarose gel. After the electrophoresis, thegel was stained with ethidium bromide and the 1 to 3 kb fraction was cutfrom the gel. The cDNA embedded in the agarose was eluted using the"Geneluter Electroelution System" (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.). Theeluted cDNA was collected by ethanol precipitation and resuspended in TEbuffer at 0.10 pmol/μl. The cDNA was ligated to 1 μg of EcoRI digested,dephosphorylated λt11 in a 5 μreaction volume at a 2- to 4- fold molarexcess ratio of cDNA over the λgt11 vector. The ligated λgt11 containingthe cDNA insert was packaged into λ phage virions in vitro using theGigapack (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) kit. The packaged phage wereplated on an E. coli Y1088 bacterial lawn in preparation for screening.

2. IMR32 cDNA library #2

This library was prepared as described (Example I.B.1.) with theexception that 3 to 9 kb cDNA fragments were ligated into the λgt11phage vector rather than the 1 to 3 kb fragments.

3. IMR32 cDNA library #3

IMR32 cell poly(A⁺) RNA (Example I.A.1.) was used as a template tosynthesize single strand cDNA. The primers for the first strand cDNAsynthesis were random primers (hexadeoxy-nucleotides pd(N)₆ ! Cat#5020-1 Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.). The double strand cDNA wassynthesized (Example I.B.1.), EcoRI, SnaBI, XhoI adapters were added tothe cDNA (Example I.B.1.), the unligated adapters were removed (ExampleI.B.1.), and the double strand cDNA with the ligated adapters wasfractionated on an agarose gel (Example I.B.1.). The cDNA fractiongreater than 1.8 kb was eluted from the agarose (Example I.B.1.),ligated into λgt11, packaged, and plated into a bacterial lawn of Y1088(Example I.B.1.).

4. IMR32 cDNA library #4

IMR32 cell poly(A⁺) RNA (Example I.A.1.) was used as a template tosynthesize single strand cDNA. The primers for the first strand cDNAsynthesis were oligonucleotides 89-365a specific for the VDCC III typeα₁ -subunit (see Example II.A.) coding sequence (the complementarysequence of nt 2417 to 2446, Sequence ID #1), 89-495 specific for theVDCC II type α₁ -subunit (see Example II.B.) coding sequence (thecomplementary sequence of nt 852 to 873, Sequence ID #6), and 90-12specific for the VDCC II type α₁ -subunit coding sequence (thecomplementary sequence of nt 2496 to 2520, Sequence ID #6). The cDNAlibrary was then constructed as described (Example I.B.3) with theexception that the cDNA size-fraction greater than 1.5 kb was elutedfrom the agarose rather than the greater than 1.8 kb fraction.

5. IMR32 cDNA library #5

The cDNA library was constructed as described (Example I.B.3.) with theexception that the size-fraction greater than 1.2 kb was eluted from theagarose rather than the greater than 1.8 kb fraction.

6. Human thalamus cDNA library 16

Human thalamus poly (A⁺) RNA (Example I.A.2.) was used as a template tosynthesize single strand cDNA. Oligo (dT) was used to prime the firststrand synthesis (Example I.B.1.). The double strand cDNA wassynthesized (Example I.B.1.) and EcoRI, KpnI, NcoI adapters of thefollowing sequence ##STR2## were ligated to the double strand cDNA asdescribed (Example I.B.1.) with the 20-mer replacing the 18-mer and the24-mer replacing the 22-mer. The unligated adapters were removed bypassing the cDNA-adapter mixture through a 1 ml Bio Gel A-50 (Bio-RadLaboratories, Richmond, Calif.) column. Fractions (30 μl) were collectedand 1 μl of each fraction in the first peak of radioactivity waselectrophoresed on a 1% agarose gel. After electrophoresis, the gel wasdried on a vacuum gel drier and exposed to x-ray film. The fractionscontaining cDNA fragments greater than 600 bp were pooled, ethanolprecipitated, and ligated into λgt11 (Example I.B.1.). The constructionof the cDNA library was completed as described (Example I.B.1.).

C. Hybridization and Washing Conditions

Hybridization of radiolabelled nucleic acids to immobilized DNA for thepurpose of screening cDNA libraries, DNA Southern transfers, or northerntransfers was routinely performed in standard hybridization conditions5× SSPE, 5× Denhardt's, 50% deionized formamide, 200 μg/ml sonicatedherring sperm DNA (Cat #223646, Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals,Indianapolis, Ind.)!. The recipes for SSPE and Denhart's and thepreparation of deionized formamide are described by J. Sambrook et al.(Example I.A.1. provides the complete reference). In somehybridizations, lower stringency conditions were used in that 10%deionized formamide replaced 50% deionized formamide described for thestandard hybridization conditions.

The washing conditions for removing the non-specific probe from thefilters was either high, medium, or low stringency as described below:

1) high stringency: 0.1× SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 65° C.

2) medium stringency: 0.2× SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 50° C.

3) low stringency: 1.0× SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 50° C.

EXAMPLE II HUMAN NEURONAL CALCIUM CHANNEL α₁ SUBUNIT cDNAS

At least three voltage-dependent calcium channel α₁ - subunit genes areexpressed in the human central nervous system. These genes have beendesignated VDCC II, VDCC III and VDCC IV (VDCC: voltage-dependentcalcium channel). Human neuronal cDNA sequences corresponding to allthree VDCC genes have been isolated. The isolation and characterizationof sequences corresponding to the three human neuronal VDCC α₁ subunitgenes are described in detail in this example.

A. VDCC III cDNAs

1. Reference list of partial VDCC III cDNAs

Numerous VDCC III-specific cDNAs were isolated in order to characterizethe complete VDCC III coding sequence plus portions of the 5' and 3'untranslated sequences. Sequence ID #1 shows the complete VDCC III DNAcoding sequence, plus 642 nucleotides of 3' untranslated sequence. Alsoshown in Sequence ID #1 is the deduced amino acid sequence. Sequence ID#3 shows 510 nucleotides of VDCC III 5' untranslated sequence ending inthe guanidine nucleotide adjacent to the adenine nucleotide of theproposed initiation of translation. Shown below is a list of partialcDNAs used to characterize the VDCC III sequence and the nucleotideposition of each clone relative to the full-length VDCC III cDNAsequence (i.e., sequence ID No. 1). Restriction maps of the partial VDCCIII cDNAs are shown in FIG. 1. The isolation and characterization ofthese clones are described below (Example II.A.2.).

    ______________________________________    IMR32     1.144   nt. 1 to 510 of                                   Sequence ID #3                      5' untranslated                      sequence,                      nt. 1 to 1921,                                   Sequence ID #1    IMR32*    1.136   nt. 1117 to 2478,                                   Sequence ID #1                      nt. 1 to 104 of,                                   Sequence ID #4                      additional exon,    IMR32@    1.80    nt. 1573 to 5958,                                   Sequence ID #1    IMR32#    1.36    nt. 2347 to 3771,                                   Sequence ID #1    IMR32     1.163   nt. 4690 to 7125,                                   Sequence ID #1    ______________________________________     *5' of nt 1117, IMR32 1.136 encodes an intron and an additional exon     described in Example II.A.2.d.     @IMR32 1.80 contains two deletions, nt 2474 to 2621 and nt 4793 to 4839     (Sequence ID #1). The 148 nt deletion (nt. 2474 to 2621) was corrected by     performing a polymerase chain reaction described in Example II.A.3.b.     #IMR32 1.36 contains a 132 nt deletion (nt. 2571 to 2702).

2. Isolation and characterization of individual clones listed in ExampleII.A.1.

a. IMR32 1.36

Two million recombinants of the IMR32 cDNA library #1 (Example I.B.1.)were screened in duplicate at a density of approximately 200,000 plaquesper 150 mm plate using a mixture of radiolabelled fragments of thecoding region of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α1 cDNA (forthe sequence of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α1 subunitcDNA, see, Tanabe et al. (1987). Nature 328:313-318!:

    ______________________________________    Fragment      Nucleotides    ______________________________________    Kpn-EcoRI      -78 to 1006    EcoRI-XhoI    1006 to 2653    ApaI-ApaI     3093 to 4182    BglII-SacI    4487 to 5310    ______________________________________

The hybridization was performed using low stringency hybridizationconditions (Example I.C.) and the filters were washed under lowstringency (Example I.C.). Only one VDCC III-specific recombinant (IMR321.36) of the two million screened was identified. IMR32 1.36 was plaquepurified by standard methods (J. Sambrook et al., supra) subcloned intopGEM3 (Promega, Madison, Wis.) and characterized by DNA sequencing.

b. IMR32 1.80

Approximately 1×10⁶ recombinants of the IMR32 cDNA library #2 (ExampleI.B.2.) were screened in duplicate at a density of approximately 100,000plaques per 150 mm plate using the IMR32 1.36 cDNA fragment (II.A.1) asa probe. Standard hybridization conditions were used (Example I.C), andthe filters were washed under high stringency (Example I.C.). Threepositive plaques were identified one of which was IMR32 1.80. IMR32 1.80was plaque purified by standard methods, restriction mapped, subcloned,and characterized by DNA sequencing.

c. IMR32 1.144

Approximately 1×10⁶ recombinants of the IMR32 cDNA library #3 (ExampleI.B.3) were screened with the EcoRI-PvuII fragment (nt 1573 to 2008,Sequence ID #1) of IMR32 1.80. The hybridization was performed usingstandard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) and the filters werewashed under high stringency (Example I.C.). Three positive plaques wereidentified one of which was IMR32 1.144. IMR32 1.144 was plaquepurified, restriction mapped, and the cDNA insert was subcloned intopGEM7Z (Promega, Madison, Wis.) and characterized by DNA sequencing.This characterization revealed that IMR32 1.144 has a series of ATGcodons encoding seven possible initiating methionines (nt 1 to 21,Sequence ID #1). PCR analysis, and DNA sequencing of cloned PCR productsencoding these seven ATG codons confirmed that this sequence is presentin the VDCC III transcript expressed in dbcAMP-induced IMR32 cells.

d. IMR32 1.136

Approximately 1×10⁶ recombinants of the IMR32 cDNA library #4 (ExampleI.B.4) were screened with the EcoRI-PvuII fragment (nt 1573 to 2008,Sequence ID #1) of IMR32 1.80 (Example II.A.1.). The hybridization wasperformed using standard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) and thefilters were washed under high stringency (Example I.C.). Six positiveplaques were identified one of which was IMR32 1.136. IMR32 1.136 wasplaque purified, restriction mapped, and the cDNA insert was subclonedinto a standard plasmid vector, e.g., pSP72 (Promega, Madison, Wis.),and characterized by DNA sequencing. This characterization revealed thatIMR32 1.136 encodes an incompletely spliced VDCC III transcript. Theclone contains nucleotides 1117 to 2478 of Sequence ID #1 preceded by anapproximate 640 bp intron. This intron is then preceded by a 104 nt exon(Sequence ID #4) which is an alternative exon encoding the IS6transmembrane domain see Tanabe et al. (1987) Nature 328:313-318 for adescription of the IS1 to IVS6 transmembrane terminology! of the VDCCIII α₁ subunit and is proposed to be capable of replacing nt 1117 to1220, Sequence ID #1, in a completely spliced VDCC III transcript.

e. IMR32 1.163

Approximately 1×10⁶ recombinants of the IMR32 cDNA library #3 (I.B.3.)were screened with the NcoI-XhoI fragment of IMR32 1.80 (ExampleII.A.1.) containing nt 5301 to 5958 (Sequence ID #1). The hybridizationwas performed using standard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) andthe filters were washed under high stringency (Example I.C.). Threepositive plaques were identified one of which was IMR32 1.163. IMR321.163 was plaque purified, restriction mapped, and the cDNA insert wassubcloned into a standard plasmid vector, e.g., pSP72 (Promega, Madison,Wis.), and characterized by DNA sequencing. This characterizationrevealed that IMR32 1.163 contains the VDCC III termination codon, nt6484 to 6486 (Sequence ID #1).

3. Construction of a full-length VDCC III cDNA pVDCC III (A)!

VDCC III cDNA clones IMR32 1.144, IMR32 1.136, IMR32 1.80, and IMR321.163 (Example II.A.2.) overlap to comprise the entire VDCC III codingsequence, nt 1 to 6483 (Sequence ID #1), with the exception of a 148 bpdeletion, nt 2474 to 2621 (Sequence ID #1). Portions of these partialcDNAs were ligated to generate a full-length VDCC III cDNA containedwithin a eukaryotic expression vector. The resulting vector was calledpVDCCIII(A). The construction of pVDCCIII(A) was performed in four stepsdescribed in detail below: (1) the construction of pVDCCIII/5' usingportions of IMR32 1.144, IMR32 1.136, and IMR32 1.80, (2) theconstruction of pVDCCIII/5'.3 that corrects the 148 nt deletion in theIMR32 1.80 portion of pVDCCIII/5', (3) the construction of pVDCCIII/3'.1using portions of IMR32 1.80 and IMR32 1.163, and (4) the ligation of aportion of the pVDCCIII/5'.3 insert, the insert of pVDCCIII/3'.1, andpcDNAl (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.) to form pVDCCIII(A). pcDNA1 is aeukaryotic expression vector containing a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoterwhich is a constitutive promoter that can be used to control therecombinant expression of a VDCC III cDNA in mammalian host cells.

Each of the DNA fragments used in preparing the full-length constructwas purified by electrophoresis through an agarose gel onto DE81 filterpaper (Whatman, Clifton, N.J.) and elution from the filter paper using1.0M NaCl, 10 mM TRIS, pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA. The ligations routinely wereperformed in a 10 μl reaction volume with an equal molar ratio of insertfragment and a two-fold molar excess of the total insert relative to thevector. The mass of DNAs used was normally 50 ng to 100 ng.

a. pVDCC III/5'

To construct pVDCC III/5', IMR32 1.144 (Example II.A.2. c.) was digestedwith XhoI and EcoRI and the fragment containing the vector (pGEM7Z),VDCC III nt 1 to 510 (Sequence ID #3), and VDCC III nt 1 to 1222(Sequence ID #1) was isolated by gel electrophoresis. The EcoRI-ApaIfragment of IMR32 1.136 (Example II.A.2. d.) nucleotides 1222 to 2157(Sequence ID #1) was isolated, and the ApaI-HindIII fragment of IMR321.80 (Example II.A.2. b.), nucleotides 2157 to 3982 (Sequence ID #1) wasisolated. The three DNAs were ligated together to form PVDCC III/5'containing nt 1 to 510 (5' untranslated sequence; Sequence ID #3) and nt1 to 3982 (Sequence ID #1).

b. pVDCCIII/5'.3

At the time pVDCCIII/5' was being constructed, a comparison of the IMR321.36 and IMR32 1.80 DNA sequences revealed that these two cDNAs differthrough the VDCC III coding sequence, nucleotides 2474 to 2702. PCRanalysis of IMR32 1.80 and dbcAMP-induced (1.0 mM, 10 days) IMR32cytoplasmic RNA (isolated according to Ausubel, F. M. et al. (1988)(Eds) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley and Sons, NewYork) revealed that IMR32 1.80 had a 148 nt deletion, nt 2474 to 2621(Sequence ID #1), and that IMR32 1.36 had a 132 nt deletion, nt 2571 to2702. To perform the PCR analysis, amplification was primed with VDCCIII-specific oligonucleotides 112 (nt 2038 to 2062, Sequence ID #1) and311 (the complementary sequence of nt 3418 to 3447, Sequence ID #1).These products were then reamplified using VDCC III-specificoligonucleotides 310 (nt 2073 to 2098 Sequence ID #1) and 312 (thecomplementary sequence of nt 3373 to 3399). Contained within thisreamplified product are AccI and BglII restriction sites (FIG. 1). Thereamplified PCR product was restriction digested with AccI and BglII andthe AccI-BglII fragment, nt 2254 to 3380 (Sequence ID #1) was clonedinto AccI-BglII digested pVDCCIII/5' to replace the AccI-BglIIpVDCCIII/5' fragment that had the deletion. This new construct was namedpVDCCIII/5'.3. DNA sequence determination of pVDCC III/5'.3 through theamplified region confirmed the 148 nt deletion in IMR32 1.80.

c. pVDCCIII/3'.1

To construct pVDCCIII/3'.1, the cDNA insert of IMR32 1.163 (ExampleII.A.2. e.) was subcloned into pBluescript II (Stratagene, La Jolla,Calif.) as an XhoI fragment. The XhoI sites on the cDNA fragment werefurnished by the adapters used to construct the cDNA library (I.B.3.).The insert was oriented such that the translational orientation of theinsert of IMR32 1.163 was p390X opposite to that of the lacZ genepresent in the plasmid, as confirmed by analysis of restriction enzymedigests of the resulting plasmid. This was done to preclude thepossibility of expression of α1 sequences in DH5α cells transformed withthis plasmid due to fusion with the lacZ gene. This plasmid was thendigested with HindIII and BglII and the HindIII-BglII fragment (theHindIII site comes from the vector and the BglII site is at nt 5710,Sequence ID #1) was removed, thus deleting nt 4690 to 5710 (Sequence ID#1) of the IMR32 1.163 clone and releasing the 3' BglII-XhoI fragment,nt 5710 to 7125 (Sequence ID #1). pVDCCIII/3'.1 was then made bysplicing together the HindIII-PvuII fragment from IMR32 1.80(nucleotides 3982-4784, Sequence ID #1), the PvuII-BglII fragment ofIMR32 1.163 (nucleotides 4784 to 5710, Sequence ID #1) and theHindIII-BglII-digested pBluescript plasmid containing the 3' BglII/XhoIIMR32 1.163 fragment (nt 5710 to 7125, Sequence ID #1).

d. pVDCCIII(A): the full-length VDCC III construct

To construct pVDCCIII(A), the DraI-HindIII fragment (5' untranslatedsequence nt 327 to 510, Sequence ID #3 and coding sequence nt 1 to 3982,Sequence ID #1) of pVDCCIII/5'.3 (Example II.A.3. b.) was isolated; theHindIII-XhoI fragment pf pVDCCIII/3'.1 (containing nt 3982 to 7125,Sequence ID #1, plus the XhoI site of the adapter) (Example II.A.3. c.)was isolated; and the plasmid vector, pcDNA1, was digested with EcoRVand XhoI and isolated on an agarose gel. These three DNAs were ligatedtogether and MC1061-P3 (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.) was transformed.Isolated clones were analyzed by restriction mapping and DNA sequencingand pVDCCIII(A) was identified which had the fragments correctly ligatedtogether: DraI-HindIII, HindIII-XhoI, XhoI-EcoRV with the blunt-end DraIand EcoRV site ligating together to form the circular plasmid.

Due to the unusual primary structure of the amino-terminus of the VDCCIII subunit, which is encoded by the seven consecutive 5' methioninecodons (nt 1 to 21, Sequence ID #1), this 5' nt sequence plus nt 22 to27, encoding two lysine residues, were deleted from pVDCCIII(A) andreplaced with an efficient ribosomal binding site (5'-ACCACC-3') to formpVDCCIII.RBS (A). Expression experiments in which transcripts of thisconstruct were injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes did not result in anenhancement in the recombinant voltage-dependent calcium channelexpression level relative to the level of expression in oocytes injectedwith transcripts of pVDCCIII(A).

B. VDCC II cDNAs

1. Reference List of Partial VDCC II cDNAs

Numerous VDCC II-specific cDNAs were isolated in order to characterizethe VDCC II coding sequence, the VDCC II initiation of translation, andan alternatively spliced region of VDCC II. Sequence ID #6 shows thecharacterized VDCC II coding sequence (nt 1 to 5904). Also shown inSequence ID #6 is the deduced amino acid sequence. Sequence ID #8 and #9encode two possible amino terminal ends of the VDCC II protein. SequenceID #10 encodes an alternative exon for the IV S3 transmembrane domain.Shown below is a list of clones used to characterize the VDCC IIsequence and the nucleotide position of each clone relative to thecharacterized VDCC II sequence (Sequence ID #6). Restriction maps of thepartial VDCC II cDNAs are shown in FIG. 2. The isolation andcharacterization of these cDNAs are described below (Example II.B.2).

    ______________________________________    IMR32     1.66    nt 1 to 916, Sequence ID #6                      nt 1 to 132, Sequence ID #8    IMR32     1.157   nt 1 to 873, Sequence ID #6                      nt 1 to 89,  Sequence ID #9    IMR32     1.67    nt 50 to 1717,                                   Sequence ID #6    *IMR32    1.86    nt 1366 to 2583,                                   Sequence ID #6    @1.16G            nt 758 to 867,                                   Sequence ID #6    IMR32     1.37    nt 2804 to 5904,                                   Sequence ID #6    CNS       1.30    nt 2199 to 3903,                                   Sequence ID #6                      nt 1 to 84 of                                   Sequence ID #10                      alternative exon,    IMR32     1.38    nt 2448 to 4702,                                   Sequence ID #6                      nt 1 to 84 of                                   Sequence ID #10                      alternative exon,    ______________________________________     *IMR32 1.86 has a 73 nt deletion compared to the rabbit cardiac muscle     calcium channel α.sub.1subunit cDNA sequence.     @1.16G is a VDCC II genomic clone.

2. Isolation and characterization of individual cDNAs and DNAs listed inExample II.B.1.

a. CNS 1.30

Approximately one million recombinants of the human thalamus cDNAlibrary #6 (Example I.B.6.) were screened with fragments of the rabbitskeletal muscle calcium channel α1 cDNA described in Example II.A.2.a.The hybridization was performed using standard hybridization conditions(Example I.C.) and the filters were washed under low stringency (ExampleI.C.). Six positive plaques were identified, one of which was CNS 1.30.CNS 1.30 was plaque purified, restriction mapped, subcloned, andcharacterized by DNA sequencing. CNS 1.30 encodes VDCC II-specificsequence nt 2199 to 3903 (Sequence ID #6) followed by nt 1 to 84 of oneof two identified alternative VDCC II exons (Sequence ID #10). 3' ofSequence ID #10, CNS 1.30 contains an intron and, thus, CNS 1.30 encodesa partially spliced VDCC II transcript.

b. 1.16G

Approximately one million recombinants of a λEMBL3-based human genomicDNA library (Cat # HL1006d Clontech Corp., Palo Alto, Calif.) werescreened using a rabbit skeletal muscle cDNA fragment (nt -78 to 1006,Example II.A.2. a.). The hybridization was performed using standardhybridization conditions (Example I.C.) and the filters were washedunder low stringency (Example I.C.). Fourteen positive plaques wereidentified, one of which was 1.16G. Clone 1.16G was plaque purified,restriction mapped, subcloned, and portions were characterized by DNAsequencing. DNA sequencing revealed that 1.16G encodes VDCC II-specificsequence as described in Example II.A.1.

c. IMR32 1.66 and IMR32 1.67

Approximately one million recombinants of IMR32 cDNA library #5 (ExampleI.B.5.) were screened with a 151 bp KpnI-SacI fragment of 1.16G (ExampleII.B.2.b.) encoding VDCC II sequence (nt 758 to 867, Sequence ID #6).The hybridization was performed using standard hybridization conditions(Example I.C.). The filters were then washed in 0.5× SSPE at 65° C. Ofthe positive plaques, IMR32 1.66 and IMR32 1.67 were identified. Thehybridizing plaques were purified, restriction mapped, subcloned, andcharacterized by DNA sequencing. Two of these cDNAs, IMR32 1.66 and1.67, encode VDCC II sequences as described (Example II.A.1.). Inaddition, IMR32 1.66 encodes a partially spliced VDCC II transcriptmarked by a GT splice donor dinucleotide beginning at the nucleotide 3'of nt 916 (Sequence ID #6). The intron sequence within 1.66 is 101 ntlong. IMR32 1.66 encodes the VDCC II initiation of translation, nt 1 to3 (Sequence ID #6) and 132 nt of 5' untranslated sequence (Sequence ID#8) precede the start codon in IMR32 1.66.

d. IMR32 1.37 and IMR32 1.38

Approximately two million recombinants of IMR32 cDNA library #1 (ExampleI.B.1.) were screened with the CNS 1.30 cDNA fragment (ExampleII.B.2.a.). The hybridization was performed using low stringencyhybridization conditions (Example I.C.) and the filters were washedunder low stringency (Example I.C.). Four positive plaques wereidentified, plaque purified, restriction mapped, subcloned, andcharacterized by DNA sequencing. Two of these characterized cDNAs wereIMR32 1.37 and IMR32 1.38 encoding VDCC II-specific sequence asdescribed in Example II.B.1.

DNA sequence comparison of IMR32 1.37 and IMR32 1.38 revealed that theVDCC II transcript has two exons that encode the IVS3 transmembranedomain. IMR32 1.37 has a single exon, nt 3904 to 3987 (Sequence ID #6)and IMR32 1.38 appears to be anomolously spliced to contain both exonsjuxtaposed, nt 3904 to 3987 (Sequence ID #6) followed by nt 1 to 84(Sequence ID #10). The alternative splice of the VDCC II transcript tocontain either of the two exons encoding the IVS3 region was confirmedby comparing the CNS 1.30 sequence to the IMR32 1.37 sequence. CNS 1.30contains nt 1 to 84 (Sequence ID #10) preceded by the identical sequencecontained in IMR32 1.37 for nt 2199 to 3903 (Sequence ID #6). Describedin Example II.B.2. a., an intron follows nt 1 to 84 (Sequence ID #10).Regardless, two alternative exons have been spliced adjacent to nt 3903(Sequence ID #6) represented by CNS 1.30 and IMR32 1.37. The alternativesplicing of this region is schematically depicted in FIG. 3. The solidbox represents nt 1 to 84 (Sequence ID #10) and the striped boxrepresents nt 3904 to 3987 (Sequence ID #6).

e. IMR32 1.86

IMR32 cDNA library #1 (Example I.B.1.) was screened in duplicate usingoligonucleotide probes 90-9 (nt 1462 to 1491, Sequence ID #6) and 90-12(nt 2496 to 2520, Sequence ID #6). These oligonucleotide probes werechosen in order to isolate a clone that encodes the VDCC II sequencebetween the 3' end of IMR32 1.67 (nt 1717, Sequence ID #6) and the 5'end of CNS 1.30 (nt 2199, Sequence ID #6). The hybridization conditionswere standard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) with the exceptionthat the 50% deionized formamide was reduced to 20%. The filters werewashed under low stringency (Example I.C.). Three positive plaques wereidentified one of which was IMR32 1.86. IMR32 1.86 was plaque purified,subcloned, and characterized by restriction mapping and DNA sequencing.IMR32 1.86 encodes VDCC II sequences as described in Example II.B.1.Characterization by DNA sequencing revealed that IMR32 1.86 contains a73 nt deletion when compared to the rabbit cardiac muscle calciumchannel α₁ subunit cDNA sequence A. Mikami et al., Nature 340:230(1989)!, nt 2191 to 2263. These missing nucleotides correspond to nt2176-2248 of Sequence ID #6. Because the 5'-end of CNS 1.30 overlaps the3'-end of IMR32 1.86, some of these missing nucleotides, i.e., nt2205-2248 of Sequence ID #6, are accounted for by CNS 1.30. Theremaining missing nucleotides of the 73 nucleotide deletion in IMR321.86 (i.e., nt 2176-2204 Sequence ID #6) are represented by the letter"N" in Sequence ID #6. The 73 nt deletion is a frame-shift mutation and,thus, needs to be corrected. This can be accomplished by screeningeither IMR32 cDNA libraries or human CNS cDNA libraries witholigonucleotides 90-9 and 90-12, described above and isolating andcharacterizing positive plaques. The exact human sequence through thisregion then can be determined and the deletion can be corrected bystandard methods, e.g., replacement of a restriction fragment orsite-directed mutagenesis.

f. IR32 1.157

One million recombinants of IMR32 cDNA library #4 (Example I.B.4.) werescreened with an XhoI-EcoRI fragment of IMR32 1.67 encoding VDCC II nt50 to 774 (Sequence ID #6). The hybridization was performed usingstandard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.). The filters werewashed under high stringency (Example I.C.). One of the positive plaquesidentified was IMR32 1.157. This plaque was purified, the insert wasrestriction mapped and subcloned to a standard plasmid vector (ei.,pGEM7Z, Madison, Wis.). The cDNA was characterized by DNA sequencing.IMR32 1.157 possibly encodes an alternative 5' portion of the VDCC IIsequence beginning with nt 1 to 89 (Sequence ID #9) which is thenfollowed by nt 1 to 873 (Sequence ID #6). Analysis of the 1.66 and 1.1575' sequence is described below (Example II.B.3.).

3. Characterization of the VDCC II initiation of translation

The human sequences represent possible alternative 5' ends of the VDCCII transcript encoding the region of initiation of translation. IMR321.66 closely matches the CaCB-receptor sequence and diverges from theCaCB-receptor sequence in the 5' direction beginning at nt 122 (SequenceID #8). The start codon identified in the CaCB-receptor sequence isenclosed in a box and is the same start codon used to describe the VDCCII coding sequence, nt 1 to 3 (Sequence ID #6). The functionalsignificance of the IMR32 1.157 sequence, nt 1 to 89 (Sequence ID #9),is unknown, however, chimeric sequence between 1.157 and the VDCC IIcoding sequence 1.158 and the VDCC II coding sequence can be constructedand functional differences can be tested. IMR32 1.157 does not containan initiation codon, however, one can cloned by screening IMR32 cellcDNA libraries using probes corresponding to Sequence ID #9.

C. VDCC IV cDNAs

Five VDCC IV-specific cDNAs were isolated in order to characterizeportions of the VDCC IV coding sequence. Sequence ID #12 shows the VDCCIV sequence characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of VDCC IV(Sequence ID #12) revealed two regions, Sequence ID #14 and Sequence ID#16, with noteworthy sequence homology to the rabbit BI-2 deduced aminoacid sequence Mori et al., Nature 350:398 (1991)!. The deduced aminoacid sequence shown in Sequence ID #14 (corresponding to nt 144-2612 ofSequence ID #12) is 80.3% identical to the rabbit BI-2 sequence (aminoacid 1 to 827). The deduced amino acid sequence shown in Sequence ID #16(corresponding to nt 3855-4811 of Sequence ID #12) is 85.8% identical tothe rabbit BI-2 sequence (amino acid 1343 to 1660). The reading frame ofthe deduced amino acid sequences shown as Sequence ID #14 and SequenceID #16 begins with the adenine nucleotide at position 144 (Sequence ID#12). Beginning at nt 144 (Sequence ID #12) an open reading frame is notmaintained through the remaining 5323 nucleotides. Fourteen terminationcodons are contained in the region of Sequence ID #12 betweennucleotides encoding Sequence ID #14 and Sequence ID #16 (i.e., betweennt 2612-3855 of Sequence ID #12). Several possibilities exist for theabsence of an open reading frame through this region. It could be theresult of a partially spliced transcript and, thus, a portion of thisregion could encode an intron; it could be a cloning artifact orbacterial rearrangement of the sequence during purification of the cDNA;or it could simply be a sequence error. These possibilities can bepursued by using nucleotides encoding Sequence ID #14 and #16 as probesto isolate independent cDNAs. The nucleotide sequence 3' of nt 4811(Sequence ID #12) residue 1556 also encodes several termination codons.Independent isolates of VDCC IV cDNAs encoding this region can becharacterized for the reasons described above.

Restriction maps of the partial VDCC IV cDNAs are shown in FIG. 4. Theisolation and characterization of these clones are described below(Example II.C.2.).

    ______________________________________    CNS      1.18    contains an approximately 800 bp insert                     beginning at nt 2012 of Sequence ID #12    *IMR32   1.179   nt 1 to 2537 Sequence ID #12    IMR32    1.177   nt 2154 to 5467 Sequence ID #12    *IMR32   1.177   contains a CAG triplet between nt 2410 and                     nt 2414 of Sequence ID #12 that is not                     contained in IMR32 1.179. Therefore,                     IMR32 1.179 is actually 2534 nt long.    ______________________________________

2. Isolation and characterization of VDCC IV cDNAs

a. CNS 1.18

A human basal ganglia cDNA library obtained from the American TypeCulture Collection (ATCC #37433, Rockville, Md.) were screened with therabbit skeletal muscle α₁ -subunit cDNA fragments (see Example II.A.2.a. for description of fragments). The hybridization and washingconditions were low stringency (Example I.C.). CNS 1.18 was one of thepositive clones identified. Restriction mapping and DNA sequencingrevealed that it contains an approximate 800 bp insert beginning at nt2012 (Sequence ID #12). CNS 1.18 represents a partially spliced VDCC IVtranscript with the intron beginning after nt 2410 (Sequence ID #12).

b. IMR32 1.177

Approximately 1×10⁶ recombinants of IMR32 cDNA library #3 (ExampleI.B.3.) were screened with an EcoRI-HindIII fragment of CNS 1.18 (nt2012 to 2338). The hybridization was performed under high stringency(Example I.C.), and the filters were washed under high stringency(Example I.C.). One of the positive plaques identified was IMR32 1.177.The plaque was purified, subcloned, and sequenced. DNA sequencecharacterization revealed that IMR32 1.177 encoded nt 2154 to 5467(Sequence ID #12).

C. IMR32 1.179

IMR32 1.179 was identified and characterized as described in ExampleII.C.2. b. DNA sequence characterization revealed that it encodes nt 1to 2537 (Sequence ID #12).

EXAMPLE III ISOLATION OF cDNAS ENCODING THE HUMAN NEURONAL CALCIUMCHANNEL β-subunit

The results of cDNA cloning, PCR analysis, and DNA sequencing haveidentified four alternatively spliced forms of the human calcium channelβ-subunit transcript. These forms are designated β₁ expressed inskeletal muscle; β₂, expressed in the central nervous system; β₃, asecond β form found in the CNS; and β₄, expressed in aorta tissue.Described in this example is the characterization of these forms and theconstruction of a full-length cDNA encoding the complete β₂ codingsequence. Restriction maps of the partial human neuronal cDNAs are shownin FIG. 5. Shown in FIG. 6 (Example V) is the result of PCR analysisthat identifies the β₁, β₂, and β₄ alternative forms.

A. Reference List of Partial Subunit cDNAs

    ______________________________________    CNS β1  nt 69 to 1546                              Sequence ID #18                 nt 1 to 448  Sequence ID #21    CNS β1.18                 nt 1 to 65   Sequence ID #20                 nt 1 to 325  Sequence ID #18    CNS β4  nt 216 to 1515                              Sequence ID #18    ______________________________________

The full-length β₂ coding sequence plus a portion of the 3' untranslatedsequence is shown as Sequence ID #18. A portion of the 5' untranslatedsequence is shown as Sequence ID #20. Encoded in CNS β1 is a 448 ntintron shown as Sequence ID #21. CNS β4 encodes an alternative spliceform of the human neuronal β transcript. Nucleotides 1 to 1086 of CNScDNA B4 (Sequence ID #22) are identical to nucleotides 246-1332 of CNScDNA BI (Sequence ID #18). However, CNS cDNA β4 then diverges from CNScDNA β1 at nt 1087-1515 (Sequence ID #22).

B. Isolation and Characterization of Individual Clones Listed in ExampleIII.A.

1. CNS β1 and CNS β4

Approximately 300,000 plaques of a human hippocampus cDNA libraryobtained from Stratagene (CAT #936205, La Jolla, Calif.) were plated onagar plates as described by the supplier and screened with the rabbitskeletal muscle calcium channel β-subunit cDNA fragment (nt 441 to 1379)for isolation and sequence of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelβ-subunit cDNA, see U.S. patent application Ser. No. 482,384 or Ruth etal. (1989) Science 245:1115!. The hybridization was performed usingstandard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.), and the filters werewashed under low stringency (Example I.C.). Several positive plaqueswere identified, plaque purified and excised from the phage vector viathe in vivo excision method performed according to the supplier's(Stratagene) instructions to yield cDNAs contained in the pBluescript IIplasmid vector. The cDNA inserts were characterized by restrictionmapping and DNA sequencing and compared to the rabbit skeletal musclecalcium channel β-subunit cDNA sequence.

a. CNS β1

CNS β1 encodes nt 69 to 1546(Sequence ID #18). CNS β1 represents apartially spliced β2 transcript that encodes a 448 bp intron (SequenceID #21) inserted between nucleotides 1146 and 1147 of Sequence ID #18and shown schematically in FIG. 5. This 448 bp intron was deleted viasite-directed mutagenesis as described by J. Sambrook et al. (seeExample I.A. for complete reference). The mutagenic oligonucleotide usedto accomplish this mutagenesis encoded nt 1128 to 1165 (Sequence ID #18)and this construct was designated pβ1(-) encoding nucleotides 69 to1546(Sequence ID #18).

b. CNS 84

DNA sequence characterization of CNS β4 showed that the first 1086 nt ofβ4 (Sequence ID #22) are identical to nt 246 to 1332 of β1 (Sequence ID#18). β4 then diverges at nt 1087 to 1515 (Sequence ID #22). CNS β4represents an alternative splice form of the β transcript β₃) expressedin the CNS. The translation termination codon has not been identified.

2. CNS β1.18

Approximately 2×10⁶ recombinants of the human hippocampus cDNA library(Example III.B.1.) were screened with a 5' PstI fragment of CNS β₁(nucleotide 69 to 511 Sequence ID #18). The hybridization was performedusing standard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) and the filterswere washed under high stringency (Example I.C.). Twenty-six positiveplaques were purified and characterized as described in Example III.B.1.One clone was identified as CNS β1.18 and shown to represent ˜800 bp of5' untranslated sequence that contains nt 1 to 65 (Sequence ID #20)followed by nt 1 to 325 (Sequence ID #18) followed by additional,seemingly unrelated sequence.

3. Construction of a full-length β₂ -subunit cDNA

a. pβ1-1.18

A full-length p₂ -subunit cDNA containing the CNS β1 intron wasconstructed. Plasmid CNS β1.18 was digested with EcoRI and XhoI and theapproximately 1100 bp fragment (approximately 800 bp of 5' untranslatedsequence plus nt 1 to 282 Sequence ID #18) was isolated from an agarosegel. Plasmid CNS β1 was digested with XhoI and EcoRI and theapproximately 1730 bp fragment (beginning at nucleotide 277 of thecoding sequence; see Sequence ID #18) was isolated from an agarose gel.The approximately 1100 bp EcoRI-XhoI fragment of CNS β1.18 was ligatedto the approximately 1730 bp XhoI-EcoRI fragment of CNS β1 and clonedinto the EcoRI site of pGEM7Z (Promega, Madison, Wis.). The resultingplasmid was designated pβ1-1.18. The 5' end of the full-length β₂-subunit cDNA was proximal to the T7 promoter in pGEM7Z.

b. pβ1-1.18RBS

pβ1-1.18 contains ˜800 bp of 5' untranslated sequence. This sequence wasreplaced with an efficient ribosome binding site as follows.

A double-stranded adapter was synthesized that consists of an EcoRIsite, sequence encoding a ribosome binding site, and nucleotides 1 to 25(5' half of SmaI site) of the 62 ₂ coding sequence (see Sequence ID#18): ##STR3##

This adapter was ligated to SmaI digested pβ1-1.18. The products of theligation were then digested with EcoRI and the ˜2000 bp EcoRI fragmentcontaining the EcoRI adapter, the efficient ribosomal binding site (RBS)and nt 1 to 1546 of 62 ₂ sequence (Sequence ID #18) plus the intron(Sequence ID #21) was cloned into a plasmid vector and designatedpβ1-1.18RBS.

c. pHBCaCHβ1bA

The 5' EcoRI-XhoI fragment of pβ1-1.18RBS (Example III. B.3. b.) wasligated to the 3' XhoI-EcoRI fragment of pβ1(-), nt 282 to 1547(Sequence ID #18) (Example III.B.1.a.), and subcloned into the pcDNA1expression vector (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.) with the initiation oftranslation proximal to the CMV promoter.

EXAMPLE IV ISOLATION OF cDNAS ENCODING THE HUMAN NEURONAL CALCIUMCHANNEL α₂ -subunit

A. Isolation of cDNAs

Shown in FIG. 6 is a schematic of human neuronal calcium channel α₂-subunit cDNAs that overlap to encode the complete coding sequence. Thecomplete human neuronal α₂ coding sequence plus a portion of the 3'untranslated sequence is shown as Sequence ID #24 (nt 1 to 3566). Aportion of the 5' untranslated sequence, nt 1 to 34 is shown as SequenceID #26.

To isolate human neuronal α₂ cDNAs, human α₂ genomic clones first wereisolated by probing human genomic Southern blots using a rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA fragment (nt 43 to 272, Ellis etal., (1988) Science 240:1661). Human genomic DNA was digested withEcoRI, electrophoresed, blotted, and probed with the rabbit skeletalmuscle probe using standard hybridization conditions (Example I.C.) andlow stringency washing conditions (Example I.C.). Two restrictionfragments were identified, 3.5 kb and 3.0 kb. These EcoRI restrictionfragments were cloned by preparing a λgt11 library containing humangenomic EcoRI fragments ranging from 2.2 kb to 4.3 kb. The library wasscreened as described above using the rabbit α₂ probe, the clones wereisolated and characterized by DNA sequencing. HGCaCHα2.20 contained the3.5 kb fragment and HGCaCHα2.9 contained the 3.0 kb fragment.

Restriction mapping and DNA sequencing revealed that HGCaCHα2.20contains an 82 bp exon (nt 96 to 177 of the human β₂ coding sequence,Sequence ID #24) on a 650 bp PstI-XbaI restriction fragment and thatHGCaCHβ2.9 contains 105 bp of an exon (nt 178 to 282 of the codingsequence, Sequence ID #24) on a 750 bp XbaI-BglII restriction fragment.These restriction fragments were used to screen the human basal bangliacDNA library (Example II.C.2. a.). HBCaCHα2.1 was isolated (nt 1 to 6,Sequence ID #26 and nt 1 to 1129, Sequence ID #24) and used to screen ahuman brain stem cDNA library obtained from the American Type CultureCollection (ATCC #37432). Two clones were isolated, HBCaCHα2.5 (nt 1 to34, Sequence ID #26 and nt 1 to 1128, Sequence ID #24) and HBCaCHα2.8(nt 680 to 1528, Sequence ID #24, followed by 1600 nt of interveningsequence). A 2400 bp fragment of HBCaCHα2.8 (beginning at nt 725 ofSequence ID #24 and ending at a SmaI site in the intron) was used torescreen the brain stem library and to isolate HBCaCHα2.11 (nt 845 to3566, Sequence ID #24). Clones HBCaCHα2.5 and HBCaCHα2.11 overlap toencode the entire human brain α₂ protein.

B. Construction of pHBCaCHα2A

To construct pHBCaCHα₂ A containing a full-length human calcium channelα₂ cDNA, an (EcoRI)-PvuII fragment of HBCaCHα2.5 (nt 1 to 34, SequenceID #26 and nt 1 to 1027, Sequence ID #24 EcoRI adapter, PvuII partialdigest) and a PvuII-PstI fragment of HBCaCHα2.11 (nt 1027 to 2390Sequence ID #24; PvuII partial digest) were ligated together intoEcoRI-PstI digested pIBI24 (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.). Subsequently,an (EcoRI)-PstI fragment (nt 1 to 34 Sequence ID #26 and 1 to 2390Sequence ID #24) was isolated and ligated to a PstI-(EcoRI) fragment (nt2390 to 3566 Sequence ID #24) of HBCaCHc2.11 in EcoRI digested pIBI24 tocreate a full-length human brain α₂ cDNA, HBCaCHα2. The 3600 bp EcoRIinsert of HBCaCHα2 (nt 1 to 34, Sequence ID #26 and nt 1 to 3566,Sequence ID #24) was subcloned into pcDNA1 (pHBCaCHα2A) with themethionine initiating codon proximal to the CMV promoter. The 3600 bpEcoRI insert of HBCaCHα2 was also subcloned into pSV2dHFR Subramani, etal. (1981). Mol. Cell. Biol. 1:854-864! which contains the SV40 earlypromoter, mouse dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene, SV40polyadenylation and splice sites and sequences required for maintenanceof the vector in bacteria.

EXAMPLE V DIFFERENTIAL PROCESSING OF TEE HUMAN β TRANSCRIPT AND THEHUMAN α₂ TRANSCRIPT

A. β

A comparison of the amino acid sequences encoded by the human neuronaland rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel β-subunit cDNAs revealed adeletion of 45 amino acids in the human sequence (corresponding tonucleotides 628-782 of the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelβ-subunit cDNA) relative to the rabbit sequence. This deletion isconfirmed by the sequence of β4.

To determine if this difference between the rabbit and human sequencesis a result of differential processing, human skeletal muscle and aortapoly(A⁺) RNAs were characterized by PCR analysis and DNA sequencing.

PCR products of human skeletal muscle and human aorta poly(A⁺) RNAs weresynthesized by standard methods (PCR Protocols, A Guide to Methods andApplications, Ginnis, M., Gelfand, D., Sniasky, J. and White, T., eds.Acadamic Press, San Diego, Calif.) using β₂ oligonucleotide primers, nt541 to 560 and the complement of nt 953 to 972 (Sequence ID #18). ThePCR products were purified on an agarose gel and cloned in pcr1000(Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.).

Shown in FIG. 7A-B are the comparisons of the nucleotide sequence anddeduced amino acid sequence through a 156 nt (52 amino acid) region ofthe rabbit skeletal muscle β-subunit transcript, designated R.SK(β₁),that is deleted from the human aorta and CNS β transcripts. The humanskeletal muscle sequence (Sequence ID #27), designated H.SK(β₁), is verysimilar to the rabbit skeletal muscle sequence (Ruth et α1 (1988)Science 245:1115) through the analyzed region. In contrast, the humanbrain β₂ sequence (Sequence ID #18), designated H.BR(β₂), lacks 156 ntof the human skeletal muscle sequence, nt 1 to 156 (Sequence ID #27)and, furthermore, has an insertion relative to the skeletal musclesequence, nt 628 to 648 (Sequence ID #18). The human aorta transcript(designated H.AO(β₄)), lacks the entire 156 nt region, nt 1 to 156(Sequence ID #27). These results indicate that this 156 nt region iscomprised of at least three exons that are differentially processedbetween the CNS, skeletal muscle, and aorta transcripts.

B. α₂

A comparison of the amino acid sequences encoded by the human neuronaland rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNAs revealed a19 amino acid deletion in the human sequence compared to the rabbitsequence (rabbit residues Pro 507 to Gln 525) which corresponds to adeletion between nt 1590 and 1591 of the human sequence (Sequence ID#24). Furthermore, a seven amino insertion was identified in the humansequence compared to the rabbit sequence (human residue Lys⁶²⁶ toAsp⁶³²) encoded by nt 1876 to 1896 (Sequence ID #24).

PCR analysis of this region using human neuronal α₂ oligonucleotides, nt1455 to 1479 and the complement of nt 1931 to 1955 (Sequence ID #24) toprime PCR assays of human skeletal muscle, aorta, and CNS poly(A+) RNAsshowed that this region is alternatively spliced. The predicted size ofthe PCR products was 539 bp for the skeletal muscle reaction and 501 bpfor the CNS reaction. An approximate 539 bp band was observed in theskeletal muscle reaction and an approximate 500 bp band was observed inthe CNS reaction. An approximate 460 bp band also was observed in theaorta reaction plus at least two additional, larger bands, approximately470 and 480 bp, suggesting additional alternative splicing.

EXAMPLE VI ISOLATION OF A CALCIUM CRANNEL γ-subunit cDNA FROM A HUMANBRAIN cDNA LIBRARY

A human hippocampus cDNA library was screened as described in thisexample to determine if human brain tissue expresses a transcript thatencodes a protein homologous to a calcium channel γ-subunit.

A. Isolation of cDNAs

Apporoximately 1×10⁶ recombinants from a λgt11-based human hippocampuscDNA library (Clontech catalog #HL1088b, Palo Alto, Calif.) werescreened by hybridization to a 484 bp sequence of the rabbit skeletalmuscle calcium channel γ-subunit cDNA (nucleotides 621-626 of the codingsequence plus 438 nucleotides of 3'-untranslated sequence) contained invector γJ10 Jay, S., et al. (1990). Science 248:490-492!. Hybridizationwas performed using moderate stringency conditions (20% deionizedformamide, 5× Denhardt's; 6× SSPE, 0.2% SDS, 20 μg/ml herring sperm DNA,42° C.) and the filters were washed under low stringency (see ExampleI.C.). A plaque that hybridized to this probe was purified and insertDNA was subcloned into pGEM7Z. This cDNA was designated γ1.4.

B. Characterization of γ1.4

γ1.4 was confirmed by DNA hybridization and characterized by DNAsequencing. The 1500 bp SstI fragment of γ1. 4 hybridized to the rabbitskeletal muscle calcium channel γ-subunit cDNA YJ10 on a Southern blot.Sequence analysis of this fragment revealed that it consists ofapproximately 500 nt of human DNA sequence and ˜1000 nt of λgt11sequence (included due to apparent destruction of one of the EcoRIcloning sites in λgt11). The human DNA sequence consists of 129 nt ofcoding sequence followed immediately by a translational STOP codon and3' untranslated sequence (Sequence ID #29).

To isolate the remaining 5' sequence of the human γ-subunit cDNA, humanCNS cDNA libraries and/or preparations of mRNA from human CNS tissuescan first be assayed by PCR methods using oligonucleotide primers basedon the γ cDNA-specific sequence of γ1.4. Additional human neuronalγ-subunit cDNAs could be isolated from cDNA libraries that, based on theresults of the PCR assay, contain γ-specific amplifiable cDNA or,alternatively, cDNA libraries could be constructed from mRNApreparations that, based on the results of PCR assays, containγ-specific amplifiable transcripts. cDNA libraries could be constructedby standard methods using oligo dT to prime first-strand cDNA synthesisfrom poly A⁺ RNA (see Example I.B.). Alternatively, first-strand cDNAcould be specified by priming first-strand cDNA synthesis with a γcDNA-specific olionucleotide based on the human DNA sequence in γ1.4. AcDNA library would then be constructed based on this first-strandsynthesis. The libraries would be screened with the γ-specific portionof γ1.4.

EXAMPLE VII RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION OF HUMAN NEURONAL CALCIUM CHANNELSUBUNIT cDNAS AND TRANSCRIPTS PREPARED IN VITRO FROM THE cDNAS INMAMMALIAN CELLS

A. Recombinant Expression of the Human Neuronal Calcium Channel α₂-subunit cDNA in DG44 Cells

1. Stable transfection of DG44 cells

DG44 cells dhfr⁻ Chinese hamster ovary cells; see Urlaub, G. et al.(1986). Som. Cell Molec Genet. 12:555-566! obtained from Lawrence Chasinat Columbia University were stably transfected by CaPO₄ precipitationmethods Wigler et al. (1979) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:1373-1376!with pSV2dhfr vector containing the human neuronal calcium channel α₂-subunit cDNA (see Example IV) for polycistronic expression/selection intransfected cells. Transfectants were grown on 10% DMEM medium withouthypoxanthine or thymidine in order to select cells that had incorporatedthe expression vector. Twelve transfectant cell lines were establishedas indicated by their ability to survive on this medium.

2. Analysis of α₂ -subunit cDNA expression in transfected DG44 cells

Total RNA was extracted according to the method of Birnboim Nuc. AcidsRes. 16:1487-1497 (1988)! from four of the DG44 cell lines that had beenstably transfected with pSV2dhfr containing the human neuronal calciumchannel α₂ -subunit cDNA. RNA (˜15 μg per lane) was separated on a 1%agarose formaldehyde gel, transferred to nitrocellulose and hybridizedto the random-primed human neuronal calcium channel α₂ cDNA(hybridization: 50% formamide, 5× SSPE, 5× Denhardt's, 42° C.; wash:0.2×SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 65° C.). Northern blot analysis of total RNA from fourof the DG44 cell lines that had been stably transfected with pSV2dhfrcontaining the human neuronal calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA revealedthat one of the four cell lines contained hybridizing mRNA the sizeexpected for the transcript of the α₂ -subunit cDNA (5000 nt based onthe size of the cDNA) when grown in the presence of 10 mN sodiumbutyrate for two days. Butyrate nonspecifically induces transcriptionand is often used for inducing the SV40 early promoter Gorman, C. andHoward, B. (1983). Nuc. Acids Res. 11:1631!. This cell line, 44α₂ -9,also produced mRNA species smaller (several species) and larger (6800nt) than the size expected for the transcript of the α₂ cDNA (5000 nt)that hybridized to the α₂ cDNA-based probe. The 5000- and 6800-nttranscripts produced by this transfectant should contain the entire α₂-subunit coding sequence and therefore should yield a full-length α₂-subunit protein. A weakly hybridizing 8000-nucleotide transcript waspresent in both untransfected and transfected DG44 cells. Apparently,DG44 cells transcribe a calcium channel α₂ -subunit or similar gene atlow levels. The level of expression of this endogenous α₂ -subunittranscript did not appear to be affected by exposing the cells tobutyrate before isolation of RNA for northern analysis.

Total protein was extracted from three of the DG44 cell lines that hadbeen stably transfected with pSV2dhfr containing the human neuronalcalcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA. Approximately 10⁷ cells were sonicatedin 300 μl ×50 mM HEPES, 1 mM EDTA, 1MM PMSF. An equal volume of 2×loading dye Laemmli, U.K. (1970). Nature 227:680! was added to thesamples and the protein was subjected to electrophoresis on an 8%polyacrylamide gel and then electrotransferred to nitrocellulose. Thenitrocellulose was incubated with polyclonal guinea pig antisera (1:200dilution) directed against the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelα-subunit (obtained from K. Campbell, University of Iowa) followed byincubation with ¹²⁵ I!-protein A. The blot was exposed to X-ray film at-70° C. Reduced samples of protein from the transfected cells as well asfrom untransfected DG44 cells contained immunoreactive protein of thesize expected for the α₂ -subunit of the human neuronal calcium channel(130-150 kDa). However, the level of this immunoreactive protein washigher in 44α₂ -9 cells that had been grown in the presence of 10 mMsodium butyrate than in 44α₂ -9 cells that were grown in the absence ofsodium butyrate. These data correlate well with those obtained innorthern analyses of total RNA from 44α₂₋₉ and untransfected DG44 cells.Cell line 44α₂ -9 also produced a 110-kDa immunoreactive protein whichmay be either a product or a proteolytic degradaton of the full-lengthα₂ -subunit or a product of translation of one of the shorter (<5000 nt)mRNAs produced in this cell line that hybridized to the α₂ -subunit cDNAprobe.

B. Recombinant Expression of Human Neuronal Calcium Channel α₁, α₂ andβ-subunit cDNAs in HEK 293 Cells

Human embryonic kidney cells (HEK 293 cells) were transiently and stablytransfected with human neuronal calcium channel subunit cDNAs.Individual transfectants were analyzed electrophysiologically for thepresence of voltage-activated barium currents indicative of the presenceof functional recombinant voltage-dependent calcium channels.

1. Transfection of NEK 293 cells

Separate expression vectors containing cDNAs encoding human neuronalcalcium channel α₁ (VDCC III), α₂ and β-subunits, vectors pVDCCIII(A),pHBCaCHα2A, and pB1-1.18, respectively, were constructed as described inExamples II.A.3, IV.B. and III.B.3. , respectively. These three vectorswere used to transiently co-transfect HEK 293 cells. For stabletransfection of HEK 293 cells, vector pHBCaCHβ₁ bA (Example III.B.3.)was used in place of pB1-1.18 to introduce the β-subunit cDNA into thecells along with pVDCCIII(A) and pHBCaCHα₂ A.

a. Transient transfection

Expression vectors pVDCCIII (A), pHBCaCHα2A and pB1-1.18 were used intwo sets of transient transfections of HEK 293 cells (ATCC #CRL1573). Inone transfection procedure, HEK 293 cells were transiently cotransfectedwith the α₁ -subunit cDNA expression vector, the α₂ -subunit cDNAexpression vector, the β-subunit cDNA expression vector and vectorpCMVβgal (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif.). Vector pCMVβgalcontains the lacZ gene (encoding E. coli β-galactosidase) fused to thecytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and was included in this transfection asa marker gene for monitoring the efficiency of transfection. In theother transfection procedure, HEK 293 cells were transientlyco-transfected with the α₁ -subunit cDNA expression vector pVDCCIII(A)and pCMVβgal. In both transfections, 2-4×10⁶ HEK 293 cells contained ina 10-cm tissue culture plate were transiently co-transfected with 5 μgof each of the vectors included in the experiment according to standardCaPO₄ precipitation transfection procedures (Wigler et al., supra). Thetransfectants were analyzed for β-galactosidase expression by directstaining of the product of a reaction involving β-galactosidase and theX-gal substrate Jones, J. R. (1986). EMBO 5:3133-3142! and bymeasurement of β-galactosidase activity Miller, J. H. (1972).Experiments in Molecular Genetics, pp. 352-355, Cold Spring HarborPress!. To evaluate subunit cDNA expression in these transfectants, thecells were analyzed for subunit transcript production (northernanalysis), subunit protein production (immunoblot analysis of celllysates) and functional calcium channel expression (electrophysiologicalanalysis).

b. Stable transfection

HEK 293 cells were transfected using the calcium phosphate transfectionprocedure Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Vol. 1, WileyInter-Science, Supplement 14, Unit 9.1.1-9.1.9 (1990)!. Ten-cm plates,each containing one-to-two million HEK 293 cells, were transfected with1 ml of DNA/calcium phosphate precipitate containing 5 μg pVDCCIII(A), 5μg pHBCaCHα₂ A, 5 μg pHBCaCHβ₁ bA, 5 μg pCMVBgal and 1 μg pSV2neo (as aselectable marker). After 10-20 days of growth in media containing 500μg G418, colonies had formed and were isolated using cloning cylinders.

2. Analysis of HEK 293 cells transiently transfected with cDNAs encodinghuman neuronal calcium channel sub units

a. Analysis of β-galactosidase expression

Transient transfectants were assayed for β-galactosidase expression byβ-galactosidase activity assays (Miller, J. H., supra) of cell lysates(prepared as described in Example V.A. 2) and staining of fixed cells(Jones, J. R. supra). The results of these assays indicated thatapproximately 30% of the HEK 293 cells had been transfected.

b. Northern analysis

PolyA+ RNA was isolated using the Invitrogen Fast Trak Kit (InVitrogen,San Diego, Calif.) from HEK 293 cells transiently transfected with α₁,α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ gene or the α₁ -subunit cDNA and thelacZ gene. The RNA was subjected to electrophoresis on an agarose geland transferred to nitrocellulose. The nitrocellulose was thenhybridized with one or more of the following radiolabeled probes: lacZgene, human neuronal calcium channel α₁ (VDCC III) subunit cDNA, humanneuronal calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA or human neuronal calciumchannel β-subunit cDNA. Two transcripts that hybridized with the α₁-subunit cDNA were detected in HEK 293 cells transfected with the α₁,α₂, and β-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ gene as well as in HEK 293 cellstransfected with the α₁ -subunit cDNA and the lacZ gene. One mRNAspecies was the size expected for the transcript of the α₁ -subunit cDNA(8000 nucleotides). The second RNA species was smaller (4000nucleotides) than the size expected for this transcript. RNA the sizeexpected for the transcript of the lacZ gene was detected in cellstransfected with the α₁, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ gene and incells transfected with the α₁ -subunit cDNA and the lacZ gene byhybridization to the lacZ gene sequence.

RNA from cells transfected with the α₁, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs and thelacZ gene was also hybridized with the α₂ and β-subunit cDNA probes. TwomRNA species hybridized to the α₂ -subunit cDNA probe. One species wasthe size expected for the transcript of the α₂ -subunit cDNA (4000nucleotides). The other species was larger (6000 nucleotides) than theexpected size of this transcript. Multiple RNA species in the cellsco-transfected with α₁, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ genehybridized to the β-subunit cDNA probe. Multiple β-subunit transcriptsof varying sizes were not unexpected since the β-subunit cDNA expressionvector contains two potential polyA⁺ addition sites. Differentialprocessing of the 3' end of the β-subunit transcript at these multiplepolyA⁺ addition sites could result in multiple β-subunit transcripts ofvarying sizes. It is unlikely that any of these multiple β-subunittranscripts contained the intron sequence that was present in theβ-subunit cDNA used to transfect these HEK 293 cells since HEK 293 cellsshould be capable of recognizing the splice donor and acceptor sites onthe 5' and 3' ends of the intron, respectively, and removing the intronfrom the primary transcript.

c. Electrophysiological analysis

Individual transiently transfected HEK 293 cells were assayed for thepresence of voltage-dependent barium currents using the whole-cellvariant of the patch clamp technique (Hamill, O. P., Marty, A., Neher,E., Sakmann, B. and Sigworth, F. J. (1981). Pflu gers Arch. 391:85-100!.HEK 293 cells transiently transfected with pCMVβgal only were assayedfor barium currents as a negative control in these experiments. Thecells were placed in a bathing solution that contained barium ions toserve as the current carrier. Choline chloride, instead of NaCl or KCl,was used as the major salt component of the bath solution to eliminatecurrents through sodium and potassium channels. The bathing solutioncontained in 1 mM MgCl₂ and was buffered at pH 7.3 with 10 mM HEPES (pHadjusted with sodium or tetraethylammonium hydroxide). Patch pipetteswere filled with a solution containing 135 mM CsCl, 1 mM MgCl₂, 10 mMglucose, 10 mM EGTA, 4 mM ATP and 10 mM HEPES (pH adjusted to 7.3 withtetraethylammonium hydroxide). Cesium and tetraethylammonium ions blockmost types of potassium channels. Pipettes were coated with Sylgard(Dow-Corning, Midland, Mich.) and had resistances of 1-4 megohm.Currents were measured through a 500 megohm headstage resistor with theAxopatch IC (Axon Instruments, Foster City, Calif.) amplifier,interfaced with a Labmaster (Scientific Solutions, Solon, Ohio) dataacquisition board in an IBM-compatible PC. PClamp (Axon Instruments) wasused to generate voltage commands and acquire data. Data were analyzedwith pClamp or Quattro Professional (Borland International, ScottsValley, Calif.) programs.

To apply drugs, "puffer" pipettes positioned within several micrometersof the cell under study were used to apply solutions by pressureapplication. The drugs were used to apply solutions by pressureapplication. The drugs used for pharmacological characterization weredissolved in a solution identical to the bathing solution. Samples of a10 mM stock solution of Bay K 8644 (RBI, Natick, Mass.), which wasprepared in DMSO, were diluted to a final concentration of 1 μM in 15 mMBa²⁺ -containing bath solution before they were applied.

Twenty-one negative control HEK 293 cells (transiently transfected withthe lacZ gene expression vector pCMVβgal only) were analyzed by thewhole-cell variant of the patch clamp method for recording currents.only one cell diplayed a discernable inward barium current which was notaffected by the presence of 1 μM Bay K 8644. In addition, application ofBay K 8644 to four cells that did not display Ba²⁺ currents did notresult in the appearance of any currents.

Two days after transient transfection of HEK 293 cells with α₁, α₂ andβ-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ gene, individual transfectants were assayedfor voltage-dependent barium currents. The currents in ninetransfectants were recorded. Because the efficiency of transfection ofone cell can vary from the efficiency of transfection of another cell,the degree of expression of heterologous proteins in individualtransfectants varies and some cells do not incorporate or express theforeign DNA. Therefore, it was not unexpected that seven of these ninetransfectants did not display a voltage-dependent inward barium current.However, inward barium currents were detected in two of these ninetransfectants. In these assays, the holding potential of the membranewas -90 mV. The membrane was depolarized in a series of voltage steps todifferent test potentials and the current in the presence and absence of1 μM Bay K 8644 was recorded. The current tracings for one of the twocells are shown in FIG. 8A-G The inset in each tracing panel indicatesthe test potential to which the membrane was depolarized. The inwardbarium current in this cell was significantly enhanced in magnitude bythe addition of Bay K 8644. The largest inward barium current (˜160 pA)was recorded when the membrane was depolarized to 0 mV in the presenceof 1 μBay K 8644. The data shown in the current tracings are alsopresented in FIG. 8A-G as an I-V curve generated by plotting the largestcurrent recorded after each depolarization versus the depolarizationvoltage. A comparison of the I-V curves corresponding to recordingsconducted in the absence and presence of Bay K 8644 illustrates theenhancement of the voltage-activated current in the presence of Bay K8644.

It has been reported Hess, J. B., et al. (1984), Nature 311: 538-544!that the dihydropyridine Bay K 8644 specifically enhances L-type calciumchannel function by increasing the duration of the open state of thechannels.

Prolonged opening of the channels results in calcium currents ofincreased magnitude and duration. The generation of prolonged calciumcurrents and Bay K "tails" in whole-cell patch claim recordings of Lcells transfected with the rabbit skeletal muscle calcium channelα1-subunit cDNA that were treated with Bay K 8644 has also beendescribed Perez-Reyes, E., et al. (1989). Nature 340:233-236!. Tailcurrents can be observed upon repolarization of the cell membrane afteractivation of ion channels by a depolarizing voltage command. The openedchannels require a finite time to close or "deactivate" uponrepolarization, and the current that flows through the channels duringthis period is referred to as a tail current. Because Bay K 8644prolongs opening events in calcium channels, it tends to prolong thesetail currents and make them more pronounced. As shown in FIG. 8A-G,pronounced tail currents were detected in the tracings of currentsgenerated in the presence of Bay K 8644 in this HEK 293 cell transfectedwith α₁, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs and the lacZ gene. Therefore, therecombinant calcium channels responsible for the voltage-activatedbarium currents recorded in this transfected appear to be DHP sensitive.

The second of the two transfected cells that displayed inward bariumcurrents expressed a ˜50 pA current when the membrane was depolarizedfrom -90 mV. This current was nearly completely blocked by 200 μMcadmium, an established calcium channel blocker.

Ten cells that were transiently transfected with the α₁ -subunit cDNAand the lacZ gene were analyzed by whole-cell patch clamp methods twodays after transfection. One of these cells displayed a 30 pA inwardbarium current. This current amplified 2-fold in the presence of 1 μMBay K 8644. Furthermore, small tail currents were detected in thepresence of Bay K 8644. These data indicate that expression of the humanneuronal calcium channel VDCC III α₁ -subunit cDNA in HEK 293 yields afunctional DHP-sensitive calcium channel.

3. Analysis of HEX 293 cells stably transfected with cDNAs encodinghuman neuronal calcium channel subunits

Individual stably transfected HEK 293 cells were assayedelectrophysiologically for the presence of voltage-dependent bariumcurrents as described for electrophysiological analysis of transientlytransfected HEK 293 cells (see Example VII.B.2. c). In an effort tomaximize calcium channel activity via cyclic-AMP-dependentkinase-mediated phosphorylation Pelzer, et al. (1990) Rev.

Physiol. Biochem. Pharmacol. 114:107-207!, cAMP (Na salt, 250 μM) wasadded to the pipet solution and forskolin (10 μM) was added to the bathsolution in some of the recordings. Qualitatively similar results wereobtained whether these compounds were present or not.

Barium currents recorded from stably transfected cell in the absence andpresence of Bay K 8644 (1 μM) are shown in FIG. 9A-B. When the cell wasdepolarized to -10 mV from a holding potential of -90 mV in the absenceof Bay K 8644, a current of approximately 35pA with a rapidlydeactivating tail current was recorded. During application of Bay K8644, an identical depolarizing protocol elicited a current ofapproximately 75 pA, accompanied by an augmented and prolonged tailcurrent. The current-voltage relations also shown in FIG. 9A-B summarizethe peak magnitude of currents recorded from this same cell at a seriesof depolarizing voltages. The responses in the presence of Bay K 8644(closed circles) are not only increased, but the entire current-voltagerelation is shifted about -10 mV. Thus, three typical hallmarks of Bay K8644 action, namely increased current magnitude, prolonged tailcurrents, and negatively shifted activation voltage, were observed,clearly indicating the expression of a DHP-sensitive calcium channel inthese stably transfected cells. No such effects of Bay K 8644 wereobserved in untransfected HEK 293 cells, either with or without cAMP orforskolin.

C. Use of pCMV-vs. pcDNA1-Based Vectors for Recombinant Expression ofHuman Neuronal Calcium Channel Subunit cDNAs

1. Preparation of Constructs

To determine if the levels of recombinant expression of human calciumchannel subunit cDNAs in host cells could be enhanced by usingpCMV-based instead of pcDNA1-based expression vectors, additionalexpression vectors were constructed. The full-length VDCC III cDNA frompVDCCIII (A) (see Example II.A.3. d), the full-length α₂ cDNA, containedon a 3600 bp EcoRI fragment from HBCaCHα₂ (see Example IV.B) and afull-length β-subunit cDNA from pHBCaCHβ₁ bA (see Example III.B.3) wereseparately subcloned into plasmid pCMVβgal. Plasmid pCMVβgal wasdigested with NotI to remove the lacZ gene. The remaining vector portionof the plasmid, referred to as pCMV, was blunt-ended at the NotI sites.The full-length α₂ and β cDNAs, contained on separate EcoRI fragments,were isolated, blunt-ended and separately ligated to the blunt-endedvector fragment of pCMV locating the cDNAs between the CMV promoter andSV40 polyadenylation sites in pCMV. To ligate the VDCCIII cDNA withpCMV, the restriction sites in the polylinkers immediately 5' of the CMVpromoter and immediately 3' of the SV40 polyadenylation site wereremoved from pCMV. A polylinker was added at the NotI site. Thepolylinker had the following sequence: ##STR4## The VCCCIII cDNA,isolated as a BamHI/XhoI fragment from pVDCCIII(A), was then ligated toBglII/SalI-digested PCMV to place it between the CMV promoter and SV40polyadenylation site.

Plasmid pCMV contains the CMV promoter as does pcDNA1, but differs frompcDNA1 in the location of splice donor/splice acceptor sites relative tothe inserted subunit cDNA. After inserting the subunit cDNA into pCMV,the splice donor/splice acceptor sites are located 3' of the CMVpromoter and 5' of the subunit cDNA start codon. After inserting thesubunit cDNA into pcDNA1, the splice donor/splice acceptor sites arelocated 3' of the subunit cDNA stop codon.

2. Transfection of HEK 293 cells

HEK 293 cells were transiently co-transfected with the VDCC III, α₂ andβ-subunit cDNAs contained in pCMV or with the VDCC III, α₂ and β-subunitcDNAs contained in pcDNA2, (i.e., vectors pVDCCIII(A), pHBCaCHα₂ A andpHBCaCHβ₁ bA) as described in Example VII.B.1.a. Plasmid pCMVβgal wasincluded in each transfection to enable determination of transfectionefficiency. Based on the results of β-galactosidase assays of thetransfectants (see Example VII.B.2. a), HEK 293 cells were transfectedequally efficiently with PCMV- and pcDNA1- based plasmids.

3. Northern analysis

Total and polyA⁺ RNA was isolated from the transiently transfected cellsas described in Examples VII.A.2 and VII.B.2. b. Northern blots of theRNA were hybridized with the following radiolabeled probes: VDCC IIIcDNA, human neuronal calcium channel α₂ -subunit cDNA and a humanneuronal calcium channel β-subunit cDNA. Messenger RNAs of the sizeexpected for VDCC III, α₂ and β-subunit transcripts were detected in alltransfectants. However, a greater amount of the VDCC III transcript waspresent in cells that were co-transfected with pCMV-based plasmids thenin cells that were co-transfected with pcDNA1-based plasmids. Equivalentamounts of α₂ and β-subunit transcripts were detected in alltransfectants.

D. Recombinant Expression of Transcripts Prepared In Vitro from HumanNeuronal Calcium Channel Subunit cDNAs in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

Various combinations of the transcripts of cDNAs encoding the humanneuronal α₁ (VDCC III), α₂ and β-subunits prepared in vitro wereinjected into Xenopus laevis oocytes which were then analyzed bytwo-electrode voltage clamp recording techniques for the presence ofvoltage-activated barium currents.

1. Preparation of transcripts

In vitro transcripts of human neuronal calcium channel α₁, α₂ andβ-subunit cDNAs were synthesized according to the instructions of themCAP mRNA CAPPING KIT (Strategene, La Jolla, Calif. catalog #200350).Plasmids containing these cDNAs i.e., plasmid pVDCC III.RBS(A),consisting of pcDNA1 and the VDCC III cDNA that begins with a ribosomebinding site and the eighth ATG codon of the coding sequence (seeExample III.A.3. d), plasmid pHBCaCHα₁ A consisting of pcDNA1 and an α₂-subunit cDNA (see Example IV), and plasmid pHBCaCHβ₁ bA consisting ofpcDNA1 and the β cDNA lacking intron sequence and containing a ribosomebinding site (see Example III)!, where linearized by restrictiondigestion. The VDCC III cDNA- and α₂ -subunit cDNA-containing plasmidswere digested with XhoI, whereas the β-subunit cDNA-containing plasmidwas digested with EcoRV. T7 RNA polymerase was used to transcribe thecDNA in each case.

2. Injection of oocytes

Xenopus laevis oocytes were isolated and defolliculated by collagenasetreatment and maintained in 100 mM NaCl, 2 mM KCl, 1.8 mM CaCl₂, 1 mMMgCl₂, 5 mM HEPES,, pH 7.6, 20 μg/ml ampicillin and 25 μg/mlstreptomycin at 19°-25° C. for 2 to 5 days after injection and prior torecording. For each transcript that was injected into the oocyte, 6 ngof the specific mRNA was injected per cell in a total volume of 50 nl.

3. Intracellular voltage recordings

Injected oocytes were examined for voltage-dependent barium currentsusing two-electrode voltage clamp methods Dascal, N. (1987) CRC Crit.Rev. Biochem. 22:317!. The pClamp (Axon Instruments) software packagewas used in conjunction with a Labmaster 125 kHz data acquisitioninterface to generate voltage commands and to acquire and analyze data.Quattro Professional was also used in this analysis. Current signalswere digitized at 1-5 kHz, and filtered appropriately. The bath solutionconsisted of the following: 40 mM BaCl₂, 36 mM tetraethylammoniumchloride (TEA-Cl), 2 mM KCl, 5 mM 4-amnopyridine, 0.15 mM niflumic acid,5 mM HEPES, pH 7.6.

a. Electrophysiological analysis of oocytes injected with transcripts ofhuman neuronal calcium channel α₁, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs

It has been reported that Xenopus laevis oocytes express endogenousvoltage-dependent calcium channels Dascal, N. (1987). CRC Crit. Rev.Biochem. 22:317!. Therefore, negative control uninjected oocytes wereexamined by two-electrode voltage clamp methods to determine if thesecells express voltage-activated barium currents that are detectable inthese recordings. A very small (25 nA) endogenous inward Ba²⁺ currentwas detected in only one of seven analyzed cells.

Oocytes coinjected with VDCC III, α₂ and β-subunit transcripts expressedsustained inward barium currents upon depolarization of the membranefrom a holding potential of -90 mV or -50 mV (154±129 nA, n=21). Thesecurrents typically showed little inactivation when test pulses rangingfrom 140 to 700 msec. were administered (FIG. 10A). Depolarization to aseries of voltages revealed currents that first appeared atapproximately -30 mV and peaked at approximately 0 mV (see I-V curve inFIG. 10B represented by open circles). Application of thedihydrophyridine Bay K 8644 increased the magnitude of the currents,prolonged the tail currents present upon repolarization of the cell andinduced a hyperpolarizing shift in current activation (FIG. 10A and 11B,I-V curve represented by solid circles). (Bay K 8644 was prepared freshfrom a stock solution in DMSO and diluted into the bath solution. Thus,Bay K 8644 was applied as a 10× concentrate directly into the 60 μl bathwhile the perfusion pump was turned off. The DMSO concentration of thefinal diluted drug solutions in contact with the cell never exceeded0.1%. Control experiments showed that 0.1% DMSO had no effect onmembrane currents.) Application of the dihydropyridine antagonistnifedipine (stock solution prepared in DMSO and applied to the cell asdescribed for application of Bay K 8644) blocked a substantial fraction(91±6%, n=7) of the inward barium current in oocytes coinjected withtranscripts of the VDCC III, α₂ and β-subunits (FIG. 10C). A residualinactivating component of the inward barium current typically remainedafter nifedipine application (see FIG. 10C). The inward barium currentwas blocked completely by 50 μM Cd²⁺, but only approximately 15% by 100μM Ni²⁺.

The effect of ωCgTX on the inward barium currents in oocytes co-injectedwith transcripts of the VDCC III, α₂ and β-sub units was investigated.ωCgTX (Bachem, Inc., Torrance Calif.) was prepared in the 15 mM BaCl₂bath solution plus 0.1% cytochrome C (Sigma) to serve as a carrierprotein. Control experiments showed that cytochrome C had no effect oncurrents. A series of voltage pulses from a -90 mV holding potential to0 mV were recorded at 20 msec. intervals. To reduce the inhibition ofωCgTX binding by divalent cations, recordings were made in 15 mM BaCl₂,73.5 mM tetraethylammonium chloride, and the remaining ingredientsidentical to the 40 mM Ba²⁺ recording solution. Bay K 8644 was appliedto the cell prior to addition to ωCgTX in order to determine the effectof ωCgTX on the DHP-sensitive current component that was distinguishedby the prolonged tail currents. The inward barium current was blockedweakly (54±29%, n=7) and reversibly by relatively high concentrations(10-15 μM) of ωCgTX (FIG. 10D). Both the test currents and theaccompanying tail currents were blocked progressively within two tothree minutes after application of ωCgTX, but both recovered partiallyas the ωCgTX was flushed from the bath.

b. Analysis of oocytes injected with transcripts of a human neuronalcalcium channel α₁ (VDCC III) subunit cDNA only or transcripts of an α₁and other subunit cDNAs

The contribution of the α₂ and β-subunits to the inward barium currentin oocytes injected with transcripts of VDCC III, α₂ and β cDNAs wasassessed by expression of the VDCC III subunit alone or in combinationwith either the β-subunit or the α₂ -subunit. In oocytes injected withonly the transcript of a VDCC III cDNA, no Ba²⁺ currents were detected(n=3). In oocytes injected with transcripts of VDCC III α₁ and β cDNAs,small (108±39 nA) Ba²⁺ currents were detected upon depolarization of themembrane from a holding potential of -90 mV that resembled the currentsobserved in cells injected with transcripts of VDCC III, α₂ and β cDNAs,although the magnitude of the current was less. In two of the fouroocytes injected with transcripts of the VDCC III and β cDNAs, the Ba²⁺currents exhibited a sensitivity to Bay K 8644 that was similar to theBay K 8644 sensitivity of Ba₂₊ currents expressed in oocytes injectedwith transcripts of VDCC III α₁ -, α₂ - and β-subunits cDNAs.

Three of five oocytes injected with transcripts of VDCC III and α₂ cDNAsexhibited very small Ba²⁺ currents (15-30 nA) upon depolarization of themembrane from a holding potential of -90 mV. These barium currentsshowed little or no response to Bay K 8644.

c. Analysis of oocytes injected with transcripts of human neuronalcalcium channel α₂ and/or β-subunit cDNAS

To evaluate the contribution of the VDCC III α₁ -subunit to the inwardbarium currents detected in oocytes co-injected with transcripts of VDCCIII, α₂ and β cDNAs, oocytes injected with transcripts of human neuronalcalcium channel α₂ and/or β cDNAs were assayed for barium currents.Oocytes injected with transcripts of the α₂ cDNA displayed no detectableinward barium currents (n=5). Surprisingly, oocytes injected withtranscripts of a β cDNA displayed measurable (54±23 nA, n=5) inwardbarium currents upon depolarization. Oocytes injected with transcriptsof the α₂ and β cDNAs displayed inward barium currents that wereapproximately 50% larger (80±61 nA, n=18) than those detected in oocytesinjected with transcripts of the β cDNA only.

The inward barium currents in oocytes injected with transcripts of a βcDNA or of α₂ and β cDNAs typically were first observed when themembrane was depolarized to -30 mV from a holding potential of -90 mVand peaked when the membrane was depolarized to 10 to 20 mV (FIG. 10F).Macroscopically, the currents in oocytes injected with transcripts ofthe α₂ and β cDNAs or with transcripts of the β cDNA wereindistinguishable. In contrast to the currents in oocytes co-injectedwith transcripts of VDCC III, α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs, these currentsshowed both a significant inactivation during the test pulse and astrong sensitivity to the holding potential. The inward barium currentsin oocytes co-injected with transcripts of the β₂ and β cDNAs usuallyinactivated to 10-60% of the peak magnitude during a 140-msec pulse(FIG. 10E) and were significantly more sensitive to holding potentialthan those in oocytes co-injected with transcripts of VDCC III, α₂ and βcDNAs. Changing the holding potential of the membranes of oocytesco-injected with transcripts of the α₂ and β cDNAs from -90 to -50 mVresulted in an approximately 81% (n=11) reduction in the magnitude ofthe inward barium current of these cells. In contrast, the inward bariumcurrent measured in oocytes co-injected with transcripts of the VDCCIII, α₂ and β cDNAs were reduced approximately 24% (n=11) when theholding potential was changed from -90 to -50 mV.

The inward barium currents detected in oocytes injected with transcriptsof the α₂ and β cDNAs were pharmacologically distinct from thoseobserved in oocytes co-injected with transcripts of the VDCC III, α₂ andβ cDNAs. Oocytes injected with transcripts of the α₂ and β cDNAsdisplayed inward barium currents that were insensitive to Bay K 8644(n=11) (FIG. 10E). Nifedipine sensitivity was difficult to measurebecause of the holding potential sensitivity of both nifedipine and thecurrent observed in oocytes injected with transcripts of the α₂ and βcDNAs. Nevertheless, two oocytes that were co-injected with transcriptsof the α₂ and β cDNAs displayed measurable (25 to 45 nA) inward bariumcurrents when depolarized from a holding potential of -50 mv. Thesecurrents were insensitive to nifedipine (5 to 10 μM). The inward bariumcurrents in oocytes injected with transcripts of the α₂ and β cDNAsshowed the same sensitivity to heavy metals as the currents detected inoocytes injected with transcripts of VDCC III, α₂ and a cDNAs.

The inward barium current detected in oocytes injected with transcriptsof human neuronal α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs has pharmacological andbiophysical properties that resemble calcium currents in uninjectedXenopus oocytes. Because the amino acid sequence encoded by this humanneuronal calcium channel β-subunit cDNA lacks hydrophobic segmentscapable of forming transmembrane domains, it is unlikely thatrecombinant β-sub units alone can form an ion channel. It is moreprobable that a homologous α₁ -subunit exists in oocytes comprising anendogenous calcium channel and that the activity mediated by such an α₁-subunit is enhanced by expression of a human neuronal β-subunit.

d. Summary of data

Data presented in Example VII.C. demonstrates that a VDCC III α₁-subunit mediates DHP-sensitive, high-voltage-activated, long-lastingcalcium channel activity. This calcium channel activity detected whenoocytes were co-injected with transcripts of VDCC III and β or VDCC III,α₂ and β-subunit cDNAs was distinguished from Ba²⁺ currents detectedwhen oocytes were injected with transcripts of β±α₂ -subunit cDNAs(which resembled Ca²⁺ currents reported 5 for uninjected oocytes) bothpharmacologically and biophysically.

While the invention has been described with some specificity,modifications apparent to those with ordinary skill in the art may bemade without departing from the scope of the invention.

Various features of the invention are set forth in the claims whichfollow the nucleotide sequence ID listing.

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GAAGACTGGAATGCTGTGATGTACGATGGCATCATGGCTTACGGGGGC2160    GluAspTrpAsnAlaValMetTyrAspGlyIleMetAlaTyrGlyGly    705710715720    CCATCCTCTTCAGGAATGATCGTCTGCATCTACTTCATCATCCTCTTC2208    ProSerSerSerGlyMetIleValCysIleTyrPheIleIleLeuPhe    725730735    ATTTGTGGTAACTATATTCTACTGAATGTCTTCTTGGCCATCGCTGTA2256    IleCysGlyAsnTyrIleLeuLeuAsnValPheLeuAlaIleAlaVal    740745750    GACAATTTGGCTGATGCTGAAAGTCTGAACACTGCTCAGAAAGAAGAA2304    AspAsnLeuAlaAspAlaGluSerLeuAsnThrAlaGlnLysGluGlu    755760765    GCGGAAGAAAAGGAGAGGAAAAAGATTGCCAGAAAAGAGAGCCTAGAA2352    AlaGluGluLysGluArgLysLysIleAlaArgLysGluSerLeuGlu    770775780    AATAAAAAGAACAACAAACCAGAAGTCAACCAGATAGCCAACAGTGAC2400    AsnLysLysAsnAsnLysProGluValAsnGlnIleAlaAsnSerAsp    785790795800    AACAAGGTTACAATTGATGACTATAGAGAAGAGGATGAAGACAAGGAC2448    AsnLysValThrIleAspAspTyrArgGluGluAspGluAspLysAsp    805810815    CCCTATCCGCCTTGCGATGTGCCAGTAGGGGAAGAGGAAGAGGAAGAG2496    ProTyrProProCysAspValProValGlyGluGluGluGluGluGlu    820825830    GAGGAGGATGAACCTGAGGTTCCTGCCGGACCCCGTCCTCGAAGGATC2544    GluGluAspGluProGluValProAlaGlyProArgProArgArgIle    835840845    TCGGAGTTGAACATGAAGGAAAAAATTGCCCCCATCCCTGAAGGGAGC2592    SerGluLeuAsnMetLysGluLysIleAlaProIleProGluGlySer    850855860    GCTTTCTTCATTCTTAGCAAGACCAACCCGATCCGCGTAGGCTGCCAC2640    AlaPhePheIleLeuSerLysThrAsnProIleArgValGlyCysHis    865870875880    AAGCTCATCAACCACCACATCTTCACCAACCTCATCCTTGTCTTCATC2688    LysLeuIleAsnHisHisIlePheThrAsnLeuIleLeuValPheIle    885890895    ATGCTGAGCAGTGCTGCCCTGGCCGCAGAGGACCCCATCCGCAGCCAC2736    MetLeuSerSerAlaAlaLeuAlaAlaGluAspProIleArgSerHis    900905910    TCCTTCCGGAACACGATACTGGGTTACTTTGACTATGCCTTCACAGCC2784    SerPheArgAsnThrIleLeuGlyTyrPheAspTyrAlaPheThrAla    915920925    ATCTTTACTGTTGAGATCCTGTTGAAGATGACAACTTTTGGAGCTTTC2832    IlePheThrValGluIleLeuLeuLysMetThrThrPheGlyAlaPhe    930935940    CTCCACAAAGGGGCCTTCTGCAGGAACTACTTCAATTTGCTGGATATG2880    LeuHisLysGlyAlaPheCysArgAsnTyrPheAsnLeuLeuAspMet    945950955960    CTGGTGGTTGGGGTGTCTCTGGTGTCATTTGGGATTCAATCCAGTGCC2928    LeuValValGlyValSerLeuValSerPheGlyIleGlnSerSerAla    965970975    ATCTCCGTTGTGAAGATTCTGAGGGTCTTAAGGGTCCTGCGTCCCCTC2976    IleSerValValLysIleLeuArgValLeuArgValLeuArgProLeu    980985990    AGGGCCATCAACAGAGCAAAAGGACTTAAGCACGTGGTCCAGTGCGTC3024    ArgAlaIleAsnArgAlaLysGlyLeuLysHisValValGlnCysVal    99510001005    TTCGTGGCCATCCGGACCATCGGCAACATCATGATCGTCACCACCCTC3072    PheValAlaIleArgThrIleGlyAsnIleMetIleValThrThrLeu    101010151020    CTGCAGTTCATGTTTGCCTGTATCGGGGTCCAGTTGTTCAAGGGGAAG3120    LeuGlnPheMetPheAlaCysIleGlyValGlnLeuPheLysGlyLys    1025103010351040    TTCTATCGCTGTACGGATGAAGCCAAAAGTAACCCTGAAGAATGCAGG3168    PheTyrArgCysThrAspGluAlaLysSerAsnProGluGluCysArg    104510501055    GGACTTTTCATCCTCTACAAGGATGGGGATGTTGACAGTCCTGTGGTC3216    GlyLeuPheIleLeuTyrLysAspGlyAspValAspSerProValVal    106010651070    CGTGAACGGATCTGGCAAAACAGTGATTTCAACTTCGACAACGTCCTC3264    ArgGluArgIleTrpGlnAsnSerAspPheAsnPheAspAsnValLeu    107510801085    TCTGCTATGATGGCGCTCTTCACAGTCTCCACGTTTGAGGGCTGGCCT3312    SerAlaMetMetAlaLeuPheThrValSerThrPheGluGlyTrpPro    109010951100    GCGTTGCTGTATAAAGCCATCGACTCGAATGGAGAGAACATCGGCCCA3360    AlaLeuLeuTyrLysAlaIleAspSerAsnGlyGluAsnIleGlyPro    1105111011151120    ATCTACAACCACCGCGTGGAGATCTCCATCTTCTTCATCATCTACATC3408    IleTyrAsnHisArgValGluIleSerIlePhePheIleIleTyrIle    112511301135    ATCATTGTAGCTTTCTTCATGATGAACATCTTTGTGGGCTTTGTCATC3456    IleIleValAlaPhePheMetMetAsnIlePheValGlyPheValIle    114011451150    GTTACATTTCAGGAACAAGGAGAAAAAGAGTATAAGAACTGTGAGCTG3504    ValThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyGluLysGluTyrLysAsnCysGluLeu    115511601165    GACAAAAATCAGCGTCAGTGTGTTGAATACGCCTTGAAAGCACGTCCC3552    AspLysAsnGlnArgGlnCysValGluTyrAlaLeuLysAlaArgPro    117011751180    TTGCGGAGATACATCCCCAAAAACCCCTACCAGTACAAGTTCTGGTAC3600    LeuArgArgTyrIleProLysAsnProTyrGlnTyrLysPheTrpTyr    1185119011951200    GTGGTGAACTCTTCGCCTTTCGAATACATGATGTTTGTCCTCATCATG3648    ValValAsnSerSerProPheGluTyrMetMetPheValLeuIleMet    120512101215    CTCAACACACTCTGCTTGGCCATGCAGCACTACGAGCAGTCCAAGATG3696    LeuAsnThrLeuCysLeuAlaMetGlnHisTyrGluGlnSerLysMet    122012251230    TTCAATGATGCCATGGACATTCTGAACATGGTCTTCACCGGGGTGTTC3744    PheAsnAspAlaMetAspIleLeuAsnMetValPheThrGlyValPhe    123512401245    ACCGTCGAGATGGTTTTGAAAGTCATCGCATTTAAGCCTAAGGGGTAT3792    ThrValGluMetValLeuLysValIleAlaPheLysProLysGlyTyr    125012551260    TTTAGTGACGCCTGGAACACGTTTGACTCCCTCATCGTAATCGGCAGC3840    PheSerAspAlaTrpAsnThrPheAspSerLeuIleValIleGlySer    1265127012751280    ATTATAGACGTGGCCCTCAGCGAAGCAGACCCAACTGAAAGTGAAAAT3888    IleIleAspValAlaLeuSerGluAlaAspProThrGluSerGluAsn    128512901295    GTCCCTGTCCCAACTGCTACACCTGGGAACTCTGAAGAGAGCAATAGA3936    ValProValProThrAlaThrProGlyAsnSerGluGluSerAsnArg    130013051310    ATCTCCATCACCTTTTTCCGTCTTTTCCGAGTGATGCGATTGGTGAAG3984    IleSerIleThrPhePheArgLeuPheArgValMetArgLeuValLys    131513201325    CTTCTCAGCAGGGGGGAAGGCATCCGGACATTGCTGTGGACTTTTATT4032    LeuLeuSerArgGlyGluGlyIleArgThrLeuLeuTrpThrPheIle    133013351340    AAGTTCTTTCAGGCGCTCCCGTATGTGGCCCTCCTCATAGCCATGCTG4080    LysPhePheGlnAlaLeuProTyrValAlaLeuLeuIleAlaMetLeu    1345135013551360    TTCTTCATCTATGCGGTCATTGGCATGCAGATGTTTGGGAAAGTTGCC4128    PhePheIleTyrAlaValIleGlyMetGlnMetPheGlyLysValAla    136513701375    ATGAGAGATAACAACCAGATCAATAGGAACAATAACTTCCAGACGTTT4176    MetArgAspAsnAsnGlnIleAsnArgAsnAsnAsnPheGlnThrPhe    138013851390    CCCCAGGCGGTGCTGCTGCTCTTCAGGTGTGCAACAGGTGAGGCCTGG4224    ProGlnAlaValLeuLeuLeuPheArgCysAlaThrGlyGluAlaTrp    139514001405    CAGGAGATCATGCTGGCCTGTCTCCCAGGGAAGCTCTGTGACCCTGAG4272    GlnGluIleMetLeuAlaCysLeuProGlyLysLeuCysAspProGlu    141014151420    TCAGATTACAACCCCGGGGAGGAGCATACATGTGGGAGCAACTTTGCC4320    SerAspTyrAsnProGlyGluGluHisThrCysGlySerAsnPheAla    1425143014351440    ATTGTCTATTTCATCAGTTTTTACATGCTCTGTGCATTTCTGATCATC4368    IleValTyrPheIleSerPheTyrMetLeuCysAlaPheLeuIleIle    144514501455    AATCTGTTTGTGGCTGTCATCATGGATAATTTCGACTATCTGACCCGG4416    AsnLeuPheValAlaValIleMetAspAsnPheAspTyrLeuThrArg    146014651470    GACTGGTCTATTTTGGGGCCTCACCATTTAGATGAATTCAAAAGAATA4464    AspTrpSerIleLeuGlyProHisHisLeuAspGluPheLysArgIle    147514801485    TGGTCAGAATATGACCCTGAGGCAAAGGGAAGGATAAAACACCTTGAT4512    TrpSerGluTyrAspProGluAlaLysGlyArgIleLysHisLeuAsp    149014951500    GTGGTCACTCTGCTTCGACGCATCCAGCCTCCCCTGGGGTTTGGGAAG4560    ValValThrLeuLeuArgArgIleGlnProProLeuGlyPheGlyLys    1505151015151520    TTATGTCCACACAGGGTAGCGTGCAAGAGATTAGTTGCCATGAACATG4608    LeuCysProHisArgValAlaCysLysArgLeuValAlaMetAsnMet    152515301535    CCTCTCAACAGTGACGGGACAGTCATGTTTAATGCAACCCTGTTTGCT4656    ProLeuAsnSerAspGlyThrValMetPheAsnAlaThrLeuPheAla    154015451550    TTGGTTCGAACGGCTCTTAAGATCAAGACCGAAGGGAACCTGGAGCAA4704    LeuValArgThrAlaLeuLysIleLysThrGluGlyAsnLeuGluGln    155515601565    GCTAATGAAGAACTTCGGGCTGTGATAAAGAAAATTTGGAAGAAAACC4752    AlaAsnGluGluLeuArgAlaValIleLysLysIleTrpLysLysThr    157015751580    AGCATGAAATTACTTGACCAAGTTGTCCCTCCAGCTGGTGATGATGAG4800    SerMetLysLeuLeuAspGlnValValProProAlaGlyAspAspGlu    1585159015951600    GTAACCGTGGGGAAGTTCTATGCCACTTTCCTGATACAGGACTACTTT4848    ValThrValGlyLysPheTyrAlaThrPheLeuIleGlnAspTyrPhe    160516101615    AGGAAATTCAAGAAACGGAAAGAACAAGGACTGGTGGGAAAGTACCCT4896    ArgLysPheLysLysArgLysGluGlnGlyLeuValGlyLysTyrPro    162016251630    GCGAAGAACACCACAATTGCCCTACAGGCGGGATTAAGGACACTGCAT4944    AlaLysAsnThrThrIleAlaLeuGlnAlaGlyLeuArgThrLeuHis    163516401645    GACATTGGGCCAGAAATCCGGCGTGCTATATCGTGTGATTTGCAAGAT4992    AspIleGlyProGluIleArgArgAlaIleSerCysAspLeuGlnAsp    165016551660    GACGAGCCTGAGGAAACAAAACGAGAAGAAGAAGATGATGTGTTCAAA5040    AspGluProGluGluThrLysArgGluGluGluAspAspValPheLys    1665167016751680    AGAAATGGTGCCCTGCTTGGAAACCATGTCAATCATGTTAATAGTGAT5088    ArgAsnGlyAlaLeuLeuGlyAsnHisValAsnHisValAsnSerAsp    168516901695    AGGAGAGATTCCCTTCAGCAGACCAATACCACCCACCGTCCCCTGCAT5136    ArgArgAspSerLeuGlnGlnThrAsnThrThrHisArgProLeuHis    170017051710    GTCCAAAGGCCTTCAATTCCACCTGCAAGTGATACTGAGAAACCGCTG5184    ValGlnArgProSerIleProProAlaSerAspThrGluLysProLeu    171517201725    TTTCCTCCAGCAGGAAATTCGGTGTGTCATAACCATCATAACCATAAT5232    PheProProAlaGlyAsnSerValCysHisAsnHisHisAsnHisAsn    173017351740    TCCATAGGAAAGCAAGTTCCCACCTCAACAAATGCCAATCTCAATAAT5280    SerIleGlyLysGlnValProThrSerThrAsnAlaAsnLeuAsnAsn    1745175017551760    GCCAATATGTCCAAAGCTGCCCATGGAAAGCGGCCCAGCATTGGGAAC5328    AlaAsnMetSerLysAlaAlaHisGlyLysArgProSerIleGlyAsn    176517701775    CTTGAGCATGTGTCTGAAAATGGGCATCATTCTTCCCACAAGCATGAC5376    LeuGluHisValSerGluAsnGlyHisHisSerSerHisLysHisAsp    178017851790    CGGGAGCCTCAGAGAAGGTCCAGTGTGAAAAGAACCCGCTATTATGAA5424    ArgGluProGlnArgArgSerSerValLysArgThrArgTyrTyrGlu    179518001805    ACTTACATTAGGTCCGACTCAGGAGATGAACAGCTCCCAACTATTTGC5472    ThrTyrIleArgSerAspSerGlyAspGluGlnLeuProThrIleCys    181018151820    CGGGAAGACCCAGAGATACATGGCTATTTCAGGGACCCCCACTGCTTG5520    ArgGluAspProGluIleHisGlyTyrPheArgAspProHisCysLeu    1825183018351840    GGGGAGCAGGAGTATTTCAGTAGTGAGGAATGCTACGAGGATGACAGC5568    GlyGluGlnGluTyrPheSerSerGluGluCysTyrGluAspAspSer    184518501855    TCGCCCACCTGGAGCAGGCAAAACTATGGCTACTACAGCAGATACCCA5616    SerProThrTrpSerArgGlnAsnTyrGlyTyrTyrSerArgTyrPro    186018651870    GGCAGAAACATCGACTCTGAGAGGCCCCGAGGCTACCATCATCCCCAA5664    GlyArgAsnIleAspSerGluArgProArgGlyTyrHisHisProGln    187518801885    GGATTCTTGGAGGACGATGACTCGCCCGTTTGCTATGATTCACGGAGA5712    GlyPheLeuGluAspAspAspSerProValCysTyrAspSerArgArg    189018951900    TCTCCAAGGAGACGCCTACTACCTCCCACCCCAGCATCCCACCGGAGA5760    SerProArgArgArgLeuLeuProProThrProAlaSerHisArgArg    1905191019151920    TCCTCCTTCAACTTTGAGTGCCTGCGCCGGCAGAGCAGCCAGGAAGAG5808    SerSerPheAsnPheGluCysLeuArgArgGlnSerSerGlnGluGlu    192519301935    GTCCCGTCGTCTCCCATCTTCCCCCATCGCACGGCCCTGCCTCTGCAT5856    ValProSerSerProIlePheProHisArgThrAlaLeuProLeuHis    194019451950    CTAATGCAGCAACAGATCATGGCAGTTGCCGGCCTAGATTCAAGTAAA5904    LeuMetGlnGlnGlnIleMetAlaValAlaGlyLeuAspSerSerLys    195519601965    GCCCAGAAGTACTCACCGAGTCACTCGACCCGGTCGTGGGCCACCCCT5952    AlaGlnLysTyrSerProSerHisSerThrArgSerTrpAlaThrPro    197019751980    CCAGCAACCCCTCCCTACCGGGACTGGACACCGTGCTACACCCCCCTG6000    ProAlaThrProProTyrArgAspTrpThrProCysTyrThrProLeu    1985199019952000    ATCCAAGTGGAGCAGTCAGAGGCCCTGGACCAGGTGAACGGCAGCCTG6048    IleGlnValGluGlnSerGluAlaLeuAspGlnValAsnGlySerLeu    200520102015    CCGTCCCTGCACCGCAGCTCCTGGTACACAGACGAGCCCGACATCTCC6096    ProSerLeuHisArgSerSerTrpTyrThrAspGluProAspIleSer    202020252030    TACCGGACTTTCACACCAGCCAGCCTGACTGTCCCCAGCAGCTTCCGG6144    TyrArgThrPheThrProAlaSerLeuThrValProSerSerPheArg    203520402045    AACAAAAACAGCGACAAGCAGAGGAGTGCGGACAGCTTGGTGGAGGCA6192    AsnLysAsnSerAspLysGlnArgSerAlaAspSerLeuValGluAla    205020552060    GTCCTGATATCCGAAGGCTTGGGACGCTATGCAAGGGACCCAAAATTT6240    ValLeuIleSerGluGlyLeuGlyArgTyrAlaArgAspProLysPhe    2065207020752080    GTGTCAGCAACAAAACACGAAATCGCTGATGCCTGTGACCTCACCATC6288    ValSerAlaThrLysHisGluIleAlaAspAlaCysAspLeuThrIle    208520902095    GACGAGATGGAGAGTGCAGCCAGCACCCTGCTTAATGGGAACGTGCGT6336    AspGluMetGluSerAlaAlaSerThrLeuLeuAsnGlyAsnValArg    210021052110    CCCCGAGCCAACGGGGATGTGGGCCCCCTCTCACACCGGCAGGACTAT6384    ProArgAlaAsnGlyAspValGlyProLeuSerHisArgGlnAspTyr    211521202125    GAGCTACAGGACTTTGGTCCTGGCTACAGCGACGAAGAGCCAGACCCT6432    GluLeuGlnAspPheGlyProGlyTyrSerAspGluGluProAspPro    213021352140    GGGAGGGATGAGGAGGACCTGGCGGATGAAATGATATGCATCACCACC6480    GlyArgAspGluGluAspLeuAlaAspGluMetIleCysIleThrThr    2145215021552160    TTGTAGCCCCCAGCGAGGGGCAGACTGGCTCTGGCCTCAGGTGGGGCGCAGGA6533    Leu    GAGCCAGGGGAAAAGTGCCTCATAGTTAGGAAAGTTTAGGCACTAGTTGGGAGTAATATT6593    CAATTAATTAGACTTTTGTATAAGAGATGTCATGCCTCAAGAAAGCCATAAACCTGGTAG6653    GAACAGGTCCCAAGCGGTTGAGCCTGGCAGAGTACCATGCGCTCGGCCCCAGCTGCAGGA6713    AACAGCAGGCCCCGCCCTCTCACAGAGGATGGGTGAGGAGGCCAGACCTGCCCTGCCCCA6773    TTGTCCAGATGGGCACTGCTGTGGAGTCTGCTTCTCCCATGTACCAGGGCACCAGGCCCA6833    CCCAACTGAAGGCATGGCGGCGGGGTGCAGGGGAAAGTTAAAGGTGATGACGATCATCAC6893    ACCTGTGTCGTTACCTCAGCCATCGGTCTAGCATATCAGTCACTGGGCCCAACATATCCA6953    TTTTTAAACCCTTTCCCCCAAATACACTGCGTCCTGGTTCCTGTTTAGCTGTTCTGAAAT7013    ACGGTGTGTAAGTAAGTCAGAACCCAGCTACCAGTGATTATTGCGAGGGCAATGGGACCT7073    CATAAATAAGGTTTTCTGTGATGTGACGCCAGTTTACATAAGAGAATATCAC7125    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 2161 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:    MetMetMetMetMetMetMetLysLysMetGlnHisGlnArgGlnGln    151015    GlnAlaAspHisAlaAsnGluAlaAsnTyrAlaArgGlyThrArgLeu    202530    ProLeuSerGlyGluGlyProThrSerGlnProAsnSerSerLysGln    354045    ThrValLeuSerTrpGlnAlaAlaIleAspAlaAlaArgGlnAlaLys    505560    AlaAlaGlnThrMetSerThrSerAlaProProProValGlySerLeu    65707580    SerGlnArgLysArgGlnGlnTyrAlaLysSerLysLysGlnGlyAsn    859095    SerSerAsnSerArgProAlaArgAlaLeuPheCysLeuSerLeuAsn    100105110    AsnProIleArgArgAlaCysIleSerIleValGluTrpLysProPhe    115120125    AspIlePheIleLeuLeuAlaIlePheAlaAsnCysValAlaLeuAla    130135140    IleTyrIleProPheProGluAspAspSerAsnSerThrAsnHisAsn    145150155160    LeuGluLysValGluTyrAlaPheLeuIleIlePheThrValGluThr    165170175    PheLeuLysIleIleAlaTyrGlyLeuLeuLeuHisProAsnAlaTyr    180185190    ValArgAsnGlyTrpAsnLeuLeuAspPheValIleValIleValGly    195200205    LeuPheSerValIleLeuGluGlnLeuThrLysGluThrGluGlyGly    210215220    AsnHisSerSerGlyLysSerGlyGlyPheAspValLysAlaLeuArg    225230235240    AlaPheArgValLeuArgProLeuArgLeuValSerGlyValProSer    245250255    LeuGlnValValLeuAsnSerIleIleLysAlaMetValProLeuLeu    260265270    HisIleAlaLeuLeuValLeuPheValIleIleIleTyrAlaIleIle    275280285    GlyLeuGluLeuPheIleGlyLysMetHisLysThrCysPhePheAla    290295300    AspSerAspIleValAlaGluGluAspProAlaProCysAlaPheSer    305310315320    GlyAsnGlyArgGlnCysThrAlaAsnGlyThrGluCysArgSerGly    325330335    TrpValGlyProAsnGlyGlyIleThrAsnPheAspAsnPheAlaPhe    340345350    AlaMetLeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMetGluGlyTrpThrAsp    355360365    ValLeuTyrTrpMetAsnAspAlaMetGlyPheGluLeuProTrpVal    370375380    TyrPheValSerLeuValIlePheGlySerPhePheValLeuAsnLeu    385390395400    ValLeuGlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheSerLysGluArgGluLysAla    405410415    LysAlaArgGlyAspPheGlnLysLeuArgGluLysGlnGlnLeuGlu    420425430    GluAspLeuLysGlyTyrLeuAspTrpIleThrGlnAlaGluAspIle    435440445    AspProGluAsnGluGluGluGlyGlyGluGluGlyLysArgAsnThr    450455460    SerMetProThrSerGluThrGluSerValAsnThrGluAsnValSer    465470475480    GlyGluGlyGluAsnArgGlyCysCysGlySerLeuCysGlnAlaIle    485490495    SerLysSerLysLeuSerArgArgTrpArgArgTrpAsnArgPheAsn    500505510    ArgArgArgCysArgAlaAlaValLysSerValThrPheTyrTrpLeu    515520525    ValIleValLeuValPheLeuAsnThrLeuThrIleSerSerGluHis    530535540    TyrAsnGlnProAspTrpLeuThrGlnIleGlnAspIleAlaAsnLys    545550555560    ValLeuLeuAlaLeuPheThrCysGluMetLeuValLysMetTyrSer    565570575    LeuGlyLeuGlnAlaTyrPheValSerLeuPheAsnArgPheAspCys    580585590    PheValValCysGlyGlyIleThrGluThrIleLeuValGluLeuGlu    595600605    IleMetSerProLeuGlyIleSerValPheArgCysValArgLeuLeu    610615620    ArgIlePheLysValThrArgHisTrpThrSerLeuSerAsnLeuVal    625630635640    AlaSerLeuLeuAsnSerMetLysSerIleAlaSerLeuLeuLeuLeu    645650655    LeuPheLeuPheIleIleIlePheSerLeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPhe    660665670    GlyGlyLysPheAsnPheAspGluThrGlnThrLysArgSerThrPhe    675680685    AspAsnPheProGlnAlaLeuLeuThrValPheGlnIleLeuThrGly    690695700    GluAspTrpAsnAlaValMetTyrAspGlyIleMetAlaTyrGlyGly    705710715720    ProSerSerSerGlyMetIleValCysIleTyrPheIleIleLeuPhe    725730735    IleCysGlyAsnTyrIleLeuLeuAsnValPheLeuAlaIleAlaVal    740745750    AspAsnLeuAlaAspAlaGluSerLeuAsnThrAlaGlnLysGluGlu    755760765    AlaGluGluLysGluArgLysLysIleAlaArgLysGluSerLeuGlu    770775780    AsnLysLysAsnAsnLysProGluValAsnGlnIleAlaAsnSerAsp    785790795800    AsnLysValThrIleAspAspTyrArgGluGluAspGluAspLysAsp    805810815    ProTyrProProCysAspValProValGlyGluGluGluGluGluGlu    820825830    GluGluAspGluProGluValProAlaGlyProArgProArgArgIle    835840845    SerGluLeuAsnMetLysGluLysIleAlaProIleProGluGlySer    850855860    AlaPhePheIleLeuSerLysThrAsnProIleArgValGlyCysHis    865870875880    LysLeuIleAsnHisHisIlePheThrAsnLeuIleLeuValPheIle    885890895    MetLeuSerSerAlaAlaLeuAlaAlaGluAspProIleArgSerHis    900905910    SerPheArgAsnThrIleLeuGlyTyrPheAspTyrAlaPheThrAla    915920925    IlePheThrValGluIleLeuLeuLysMetThrThrPheGlyAlaPhe    930935940    LeuHisLysGlyAlaPheCysArgAsnTyrPheAsnLeuLeuAspMet    945950955960    LeuValValGlyValSerLeuValSerPheGlyIleGlnSerSerAla    965970975    IleSerValValLysIleLeuArgValLeuArgValLeuArgProLeu    980985990    ArgAlaIleAsnArgAlaLysGlyLeuLysHisValValGlnCysVal    99510001005    PheValAlaIleArgThrIleGlyAsnIleMetIleValThrThrLeu    101010151020    LeuGlnPheMetPheAlaCysIleGlyValGlnLeuPheLysGlyLys    1025103010351040    PheTyrArgCysThrAspGluAlaLysSerAsnProGluGluCysArg    104510501055    GlyLeuPheIleLeuTyrLysAspGlyAspValAspSerProValVal    106010651070    ArgGluArgIleTrpGlnAsnSerAspPheAsnPheAspAsnValLeu    107510801085    SerAlaMetMetAlaLeuPheThrValSerThrPheGluGlyTrpPro    109010951100    AlaLeuLeuTyrLysAlaIleAspSerAsnGlyGluAsnIleGlyPro    1105111011151120    IleTyrAsnHisArgValGluIleSerIlePhePheIleIleTyrIle    112511301135    IleIleValAlaPhePheMetMetAsnIlePheValGlyPheValIle    114011451150    ValThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyGluLysGluTyrLysAsnCysGluLeu    115511601165    AspLysAsnGlnArgGlnCysValGluTyrAlaLeuLysAlaArgPro    117011751180    LeuArgArgTyrIleProLysAsnProTyrGlnTyrLysPheTrpTyr    1185119011951200    ValValAsnSerSerProPheGluTyrMetMetPheValLeuIleMet    120512101215    LeuAsnThrLeuCysLeuAlaMetGlnHisTyrGluGlnSerLysMet    122012251230    PheAsnAspAlaMetAspIleLeuAsnMetValPheThrGlyValPhe    123512401245    ThrValGluMetValLeuLysValIleAlaPheLysProLysGlyTyr    125012551260    PheSerAspAlaTrpAsnThrPheAspSerLeuIleValIleGlySer    1265127012751280    IleIleAspValAlaLeuSerGluAlaAspProThrGluSerGluAsn    128512901295    ValProValProThrAlaThrProGlyAsnSerGluGluSerAsnArg    130013051310    IleSerIleThrPhePheArgLeuPheArgValMetArgLeuValLys    131513201325    LeuLeuSerArgGlyGluGlyIleArgThrLeuLeuTrpThrPheIle    133013351340    LysPhePheGlnAlaLeuProTyrValAlaLeuLeuIleAlaMetLeu    1345135013551360    PhePheIleTyrAlaValIleGlyMetGlnMetPheGlyLysValAla    136513701375    MetArgAspAsnAsnGlnIleAsnArgAsnAsnAsnPheGlnThrPhe    138013851390    ProGlnAlaValLeuLeuLeuPheArgCysAlaThrGlyGluAlaTrp    139514001405    GlnGluIleMetLeuAlaCysLeuProGlyLysLeuCysAspProGlu    141014151420    SerAspTyrAsnProGlyGluGluHisThrCysGlySerAsnPheAla    1425143014351440    IleValTyrPheIleSerPheTyrMetLeuCysAlaPheLeuIleIle    144514501455    AsnLeuPheValAlaValIleMetAspAsnPheAspTyrLeuThrArg    146014651470    AspTrpSerIleLeuGlyProHisHisLeuAspGluPheLysArgIle    147514801485    TrpSerGluTyrAspProGluAlaLysGlyArgIleLysHisLeuAsp    149014951500    ValValThrLeuLeuArgArgIleGlnProProLeuGlyPheGlyLys    1505151015151520    LeuCysProHisArgValAlaCysLysArgLeuValAlaMetAsnMet    152515301535    ProLeuAsnSerAspGlyThrValMetPheAsnAlaThrLeuPheAla    154015451550    LeuValArgThrAlaLeuLysIleLysThrGluGlyAsnLeuGluGln    155515601565    AlaAsnGluGluLeuArgAlaValIleLysLysIleTrpLysLysThr    157015751580    SerMetLysLeuLeuAspGlnValValProProAlaGlyAspAspGlu    1585159015951600    ValThrValGlyLysPheTyrAlaThrPheLeuIleGlnAspTyrPhe    160516101615    ArgLysPheLysLysArgLysGluGlnGlyLeuValGlyLysTyrPro    162016251630    AlaLysAsnThrThrIleAlaLeuGlnAlaGlyLeuArgThrLeuHis    163516401645    AspIleGlyProGluIleArgArgAlaIleSerCysAspLeuGlnAsp    165016551660    AspGluProGluGluThrLysArgGluGluGluAspAspValPheLys    1665167016751680    ArgAsnGlyAlaLeuLeuGlyAsnHisValAsnHisValAsnSerAsp    168516901695    ArgArgAspSerLeuGlnGlnThrAsnThrThrHisArgProLeuHis    170017051710    ValGlnArgProSerIleProProAlaSerAspThrGluLysProLeu    171517201725    PheProProAlaGlyAsnSerValCysHisAsnHisHisAsnHisAsn    173017351740    SerIleGlyLysGlnValProThrSerThrAsnAlaAsnLeuAsnAsn    1745175017551760    AlaAsnMetSerLysAlaAlaHisGlyLysArgProSerIleGlyAsn    176517701775    LeuGluHisValSerGluAsnGlyHisHisSerSerHisLysHisAsp    178017851790    ArgGluProGlnArgArgSerSerValLysArgThrArgTyrTyrGlu    179518001805    ThrTyrIleArgSerAspSerGlyAspGluGlnLeuProThrIleCys    181018151820    ArgGluAspProGluIleHisGlyTyrPheArgAspProHisCysLeu    1825183018351840    GlyGluGlnGluTyrPheSerSerGluGluCysTyrGluAspAspSer    184518501855    SerProThrTrpSerArgGlnAsnTyrGlyTyrTyrSerArgTyrPro    186018651870    GlyArgAsnIleAspSerGluArgProArgGlyTyrHisHisProGln    187518801885    GlyPheLeuGluAspAspAspSerProValCysTyrAspSerArgArg    189018951900    SerProArgArgArgLeuLeuProProThrProAlaSerHisArgArg    1905191019151920    SerSerPheAsnPheGluCysLeuArgArgGlnSerSerGlnGluGlu    192519301935    ValProSerSerProIlePheProHisArgThrAlaLeuProLeuHis    194019451950    LeuMetGlnGlnGlnIleMetAlaValAlaGlyLeuAspSerSerLys    195519601965    AlaGlnLysTyrSerProSerHisSerThrArgSerTrpAlaThrPro    197019751980    ProAlaThrProProTyrArgAspTrpThrProCysTyrThrProLeu    1985199019952000    IleGlnValGluGlnSerGluAlaLeuAspGlnValAsnGlySerLeu    200520102015    ProSerLeuHisArgSerSerTrpTyrThrAspGluProAspIleSer    202020252030    TyrArgThrPheThrProAlaSerLeuThrValProSerSerPheArg    203520402045    AsnLysAsnSerAspLysGlnArgSerAlaAspSerLeuValGluAla    205020552060    ValLeuIleSerGluGlyLeuGlyArgTyrAlaArgAspProLysPhe    2065207020752080    ValSerAlaThrLysHisGluIleAlaAspAlaCysAspLeuThrIle    208520902095    AspGluMetGluSerAlaAlaSerThrLeuLeuAsnGlyAsnValArg    210021052110    ProArgAlaAsnGlyAspValGlyProLeuSerHisArgGlnAspTyr    211521202125    GluLeuGlnAspPheGlyProGlyTyrSerAspGluGluProAspPro    213021352140    GlyArgAspGluGluAspLeuAlaAspGluMetIleCysIleThrThr    2145215021552160    Leu    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 510 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:    GGGCGAGCGCCTCCGTCCCCGGATGTGAGCTCCGGCTGCCCGCGGTCCCGAGCCAGCGGC60    GCGCGGGCGGCGGCGGCGGGCACCGGGCACCGCGGCGGGCGGGCAGACGGGCGGGCATGG120    GGGGAGCGCCGAGCGGCCCCGGCGGCCGGGCCGGCATCACCGCGGCGTCTCTCCGCTAGA180    GGAGGGGACAAGCCAGTTCTCCTTTGCAGCAAAAAATTACATGTATATATTATTAAGATA240    ATATATACATTGGATTTTATTTTTTTAAAAAGTTTATTTTGCTCCATTTTTGAAAAAGAG300    AGAGCTTGGGTGGCGAGCGGTTTTTTTTTAAAATCAATTATCCTTATTTTCTGTTATTTG360    TCCCCGTCCCTCCCCACCCCCCTGCTGAAGCGAGAATAAGGGCAGGGACCGCGGCTCCTA420    CCTCTTGGTGATCCCCTTCCCCATTCCGCCCCCGCCCCAACGCCCAGCACAGTGCCCTGC480    ACACAGTAGTCGCTCAATAAATGTTCGTGG510    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 104 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..102    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:    GTAAATGATGCGATAGGATGGGAATGGCCATGGGTGTATTTTGTTAGT48    ValAsnAspAlaIleGlyTrpGluTrpProTrpValTyrPheValSer    151015    CTGATCATCCTTGGCTCATTTTTCGTCCTTAACCTGGTTCTTGGTGTC96    LeuIleIleLeuGlySerPhePheValLeuAsnLeuValLeuGlyVal    202530    CTTAGTGG104    LeuSer    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 34 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:    ValAsnAspAlaIleGlyTrpGluTrpProTrpValTyrPheValSer    151015    LeuIleIleLeuGlySerPhePheValLeuAsnLeuValLeuGlyVal    202530    LeuSer    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 5904 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:    ATGGTCAATGAGAATACGAGGATGTACATTCCAGAGGAAAACCACCAAGGTTCCAACTAT60    GGGAGCCCACGCCCCGCCCATGCCAACATGAATGCCAATGCGGCAGCGGGGCTGGCCCCT120    GAGCACATCCCCACCCCGGGGGCTGCCCTGTCGTGGCAGGCGGCCATCGACGCAGCCCGG180    CAGGCTAAGCTGATGGGCAGCGCTGGCAATGCGACCATCTCCACAGTCAGCTCCACGCAG240    CGGAAGCGCCAGCAATATGGGAAACCCAAGAAGCAGGGCAGCACCACGGCCACACGCCCG300    CCCCGAGCCCTGCTCTGCCTGACCCTGAAGAACCCCATCCGGAGGGCCTGCATCAGCATT360    GTCGAATGGAAACCATTTGAAATAATTATTTTACTGACTATTTTTGCCAATTGTGTGGCC420    TTAGCGATCTATATTCCCTTTCCAGAAGATGATTCCAACGCCACCAATTCCAACCTGGAA480    CGAGTGGAATATCTCTTTCTCATAATTTTTACGGTGGAAGCGTTTTTAAAAGTAATCGCC540    TATGGACTCCTCTTTCACCCCAATGCCTACCTCCGCAACGGCTGGAACCTACTAGATTTT600    ATAATTGTGGTTGTGGGGCTTTTTAGTGCAATTTTAGAACAAGCAACCAAAGCAGATGGG660    GCAAACGCTCTCGGAGGGAAAGGGGCCGGATTTGATGTGAAGGCGCTGAGGGCCTTCCGC720    GTGCTGCGCCCCCTGCGGCTGGTGTCCGGAGTCCCAAGTCTCCAGGTGGTCCTGAATTCC780    ATCATCAAGGCCATGGTCCCCCTGCTGCACATCGCCCTGCTTGTGCTGTTTGTCATCATC840    ATCTACGCCATCATCGGCTTGGAGCTCTTCATGGGGAAGATGCACAAGACCTGCTACAAC900    CAGGAGGGCATAGCAGATGTTCCAGCAGAAGATGACCCTTCCCCTTGTGCGCTGGAAACG960    GGCCACGGGCGGCAGTGCCAGAACGGCACGGTGTGCAAGCCCGGCTGGGATGGTCCCAAG1020    CACGGCATCACCAACTTTGACAACTTTGCCTTCGCCATGCTCACGGTGTTCCAGTGCATC1080    ACCATGGAGGGCTGGACGGACGTGCTGTACTGGGTCAATGATGCCGTAGGAAGGGACTGG1140    CCCTGGATCTATTTTGTTACACTAATCATCATAGGGTCATTTTTTGTACTTAACTTGGTT1200    CTCGGTGTGCTTAGCGGAGAGTTTTCCAAAGAGAGGGAGAAGGCCAAGGCCCGGGGAGAT1260    TTCCAGAAGCTGCGGGAGAAGCAGCAGCTAGAAGAGGATCTCAAAGGCTACCTGGATTGG1320    ATCACTCAGGCCGAAGACATCGNTCCTGAGAATGAGGACGAAGGCATGGATGAGGAGAAG1380    CCCCGAAACAGAGGCACTCCGGCGGGCATGCTTGATCAGAAGAAAGGGAAGTTTGCTTGG1440    TTTAGTCACTCCACAGAAACCCATGTGAGCATGCCCACCAGTGAGACCGAGTCCGTCAAC1500    ACCGAAAACGTGGCTGGAGGTGACATCGAGGGAGAAAACTGCGGGGCCAGGCTGGCCCAC1560    CGGATCTCCAAGTCAAAGTTCAGCCGCTACTGGCGCCGGTGGAATCGGTTCTGCAGAAGG1620    AAGTGCCGCGCCGCAGTCAAGTCTAATGTCTTCTACTGGCTGGTGATTTTCCTGGTGTTC1680    CTCAACACGCTCACCATTGCCTCTGAGCACTACAACCAGCCCAACTGGCTCACAGAAGTC1740    CAAGACACGGCAAACAAGGCCCTGCTGGCCCTGTTCACGGCAGAGATGCTCCTGAAGATG1800    TACAGCCTGGGCCTGCAGGCCTACTTCGTGTCCCTCTTCAACCGCTTTGACTGCTTCGTC1860    GTGTGTGGCGGCATCCTGGAGACCATCCTGGTGGAGACCAAGATCATGTCCCCACTGGGC1920    ATCTCCGTGCTCAGATGCGTCCGGCTGCTGAGGATTTTCAAGATCACGAGGTACTGGAAC1980    TCCTTGAGCAACCTGGTGGCATCCTTGCTGAACTCTGTGCGCTCCATCGCCTCCCTGCTC2040    CTTCTCCTCTTCCTCTTCATCATCATCTTCTCCCTCCTGGGGATGCAGCTCTTTGGAGGA2100    AAGTTCAACTTTGATGAGATGCAGACCCGGAGGAGCACATTCGATAACTTCCCCCAGTCC2160    CTCCTCACTGTGTTTNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGTGATGTATGATGGG2220    ATCATGGCTTATGGGGGCCCCTCTTTTCCAGGGATGTTAGTCTGTATTTACTTCATCATC2280    CTCTTCATCTCTGGAAACTATATCCTACTGAATGTGTTCTTGGCCATTGCTGTGGACAAC2340    CTGGCTGATGCTGAGAGCCTCACATCTGCCCTAAAGGAGGAGGAAGAGGAGAAGGAGAGA2400    AAGAAGCTGGCCAGGACTGCCAGCCCAGAGAAGAAACAAGAGTTGGTGGAGAAGCCGGCA2460    GTGGGGGAATCCAAGGAGGAGAAGATTGAGCTGAAATCCATCACGGCTGACGGAGAGTCT2520    CCACCCGCCACCAAGATCAACATGGATGACCTCCAGCCCAATGAAAATGAGGATAAGAGC2580    CCCTACCCCAACCCAGAAACTACAGGAGAAGAGGATGAGGAGGAGCCAGAGATGCCTGTC2640    GGCCCTCGCCCACGACCACTCTCTGAGCTTCACCTTAAGGAAAAGGCAGTGCCCATGCCA2700    GAAGCCAGCGCGTTTTTCATCTTCAGCTCTAACAACAGGTTTCGCCTCCAGTGCCACCGC2760    ATTGTCAATGACACGATCTTCACCAACCTGATCCTCTTCTTCATTCTGCTCAGCAGCATT2820    TCCCTGGCTGCTGAGGACCCGGTCCAGCACACCTCCTTCAGGAACCATATTCTGTTTTAT2880    TTTGATATTGTTTTTACCACCATTTTCACCATTGAAATTGCTCTGAAGATGACTGCTTAT2940    GGGGCTTTCTTGCACAAGGGTTCTTTCTGCCGGAACTACTTCAACATCCTGGACCTGCTG3000    GTGGTCAGCGTGTCCCTCATCTCCTTTGGCATCCAGTCCAGTGCAATCAATGTCGTGAAG3060    ATCTTGCGAGTCCTGCGAGTACTCAGGCCCCTGAGGGCCATCAACAGGGCCAAGGGGCTA3120    AAGCATGTGGTTCAGTGTGTGTTTGTCGCCATCCGGACCATCGGGAACATCGTGATTGTC3180    ACCACCCTGCTGCAGTTCATGTTTGCCTGCATCGGGGTCCAGCTCTTCAAGGGAAAGCTG3240    TACACCTGTTCAGACAGTTCCAAGCAGACAGAGGCGGAATGCAAGGGCAACTACATCACG3300    TACAAAGACGGGGAGGTTGACCACCCCATCATCCAACCCCGCAGCTGGGAGAACAGCAAG3360    TTTGACTTTGACAATGTTCTGGCAGCCATGATGGCCCTCTTCACCGTCTCCACCTTCGAA3420    GGGTGGCCAGAGCTGCTGTACCGCTCCATCGACTCCCACACGGAAGACAAGGGCCCCATC3480    TACAACTACCGTGTGGAGATCTCCATCTTCTTCATCATCTACATCATCATCATCGCCTTC3540    TTCATGATGAACATCTTCGTGGGCTTCGTCATCGTCACCTTTCAGGAGCAGGGGGAGCAG3600    GAGTACAAGAACTGTGAGCTGGACAAGAACCAGCGACAGTGCGTGGAATACGCCCTCAAG3660    GCCCGGCCCCTGCGGAGGTACATCCCCAAGAACCAGCACCAGTACAAAGTGTGGTACGTG3720    GTCAACTCCACCTACTTCGAGTACCTGATGTTCGTCCTCATCCTGCTCAACACCATCTGC3780    CTGGCCATGCAGCACTACGGCCAGAGCTGCCTGTTCAAAATCGCCATGAACATCCTCAAC3840    ATGCTCTTCACTGGCCTCTTCACCGTGGAGATGATCCTGAAGCTCATTGCCTTCAAACCC3900    AAGGGTTACTTTAGTGATCCCTGGAATGTTTTTGACTTCCTCATCGTAATTGGCAGCATA3960    ATTGACGTCATTCTCAGTGAGACTAATCCAGCTGAACATACCCAATGCTCTCCCTCTATG4020    AACGCAGAGGAAAACTCCCGCATCTCCATCACCTTCTTCCGCCTGTTCCGGGTCATGCGT4080    CTGGTGAAGCTGCTGAGCCGTGGGGAGGGCATCCGGACGCTGCTGTGGACCTTCATCAAG4140    TCCTTCCAGGCCCTGCCCTATGTGGCCCTCCTGATCGTGATGCTGTTCTTCATCTACGCG4200    GTGATCGGGATGCAGGTGTTTGGGAAAATTGCCCTGAATGATACCACAGAGATCAACCGG4260    AACAACAACTTTCAGACCTTCCCCCAGGCCGTGCTGCTCCTCTTCAGGTGTGCCACCGGG4320    GAGGCCTGGCAGGACATCATGCTGGCCTGCATGCCAGGCAAGAAGTGTGCCCCAGAGTCC4380    GAGCCCAGCAACAGCACGGAGGGTGAAACACCCTGTGGTAGCAGCTTTGCTGTCTTCTAC4440    TTCATCAGCTTCTACATGCGCTGTGCCTTCCTGATCATCAACCTCTTTGTAGCTGTCATC4500    ATGGACAACTTTGACTACCTGACAAGGGACTGGTCCATCCTTGGTCCCCACCACCTGGAT4560    GAGTTTAAAAGAATCTGGGCAGAGTATGACCCTGAAGCCAAGGGTCGTATCAAACACCTG4620    GATGTGGTGACCCTCCTCCGGCGGATTCAGCCGCCACTAGGTTTTGGGAAGCTGTGCCCT4680    CACCGCGTGGCTTGCAAACGCCTGGTCTCCATGAACATGCCTCTGAACAGCGACGGGACA4740    GTCATGTTCAATGCCACCCTGTTTGCCCTGGTCAGGACGGCCCTGAGGATCAAAACAGAA4800    GGGAACCTAGAACAAGCCAATGAGGAGCTGCGGGCGATCATCAAGAAGATCTGGAAGCGG4860    ACCAGCATGAAGCTGCTGGACCAGGTGGTGCCCCCTGCAGGTGATGATGAGGTCACCGTT4920    GGCAAGTTCTACGCCACGTTCCTGATCCAGGAGTACTTCCGGAAGTTCAAGAAGCGCAAA4980    GAGCAGGGCCTTGTGGGCAAGCCCTCCCAGAGGAACGCGCTGTCTCTGCAGGCTGGCTTG5040    CGCACACTGCATGACATCGGGCCTGAGATCCGACGGGCCATCTCTGGAGATCTCACCGCT5100    GAGGAGGAGCTGGACAAGGCCATGAAGGAGGCTGTGTCCGCTGCTTCTGAAGATGACATC5160    TTCAGGAGGGCCGGTGGCCTGTTCGGCAACCACGTCAGCTACTACCAAAGCGACGGCCGG5220    AGCGCCTTCCCCCAGACCTTCACCACTCAGCGCCCGCTGCACATCAACAAGGCGGGCAGC5280    AGCCAGGGCGACACTGAGTCGCCATCCCACGAGAAGCTGGTGGACTCCACCTTCACCCCG5340    AGCAGCTACTCGTCCACCGGCTCCAACGCCAACATCAACAACGCCAACAACACCGCCCTG5400    GGTCGCCTCCCTCGCCCCGCCGGCTACCCCAGCACAGTCAGCACTGTGGAGGGCCACGGG5460    CCCCCCTTGTCCCCTGCCATCCGGGTGCAGGAGGTGGCGTGGAAGCTCAGCTCCAACAGG5520    TGCCACTCCCGGGAGAGCCAGGCAGCCATGGCGCGTCAGGAGGAGACGTCTCAGGATGAG5580    ACCTATGAAGTGAAGATGAACCATGACACGGAGGCCTGCAGTGAGCCCAGCCTGCTCTCC5640    ACAGAGATGCTCTCCTACCAGGATGACGAAAATCGGCAACTGACGCTCCCAGAGGAGGAC5700    AAGAGGGACATCCGGCAATCTCCGAAGAGGGGTTTCCTCCGCTCTTCCTCACTAGGTCGA5760    AGGGCCTCCTTCCACCTGGAATGTCTGAAGCGACAGAAGGACCGAGGGGGAGACATCTCT5820    CAGAAGACAGTCCTGCCCTTGCATCTGGTTCATCATCAGGCATTGGCAGTGGCAGGCCTG5880    AGCCCCCTCCTCCAGAGAAGCCAT5904    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 1968 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:    MetValAsnGluAsnThrArgMetTyrIleProGluGluAsnHisGln    151015    GlySerAsnTyrGlySerProArgProAlaHisAlaAsnMetAsnAla    202530    AsnAlaAlaAlaGlyLeuAlaProGluHisIleProThrProGlyAla    354045    AlaLeuSerTrpGlnAlaAlaIleAspAlaAlaArgGlnAlaLysLeu    505560    MetGlySerAlaGlyAsnAlaThrIleSerThrValSerSerThrGln    65707580    ArgLysArgGlnGlnTyrGlyLysProLysLysGlnGlySerThrThr    859095    AlaThrArgProProArgAlaLeuLeuCysLeuThrLeuLysAsnPro    100105110    IleArgArgAlaCysIleSerIleValGluTrpLysProPheGluIle    115120125    IleIleLeuLeuThrIlePheAlaAsnCysValAlaLeuAlaIleTyr    130135140    IleProPheProGluAspAspSerAsnAlaThrAsnSerAsnLeuGlu    145150155160    ArgValGluTyrLeuPheLeuIleIlePheThrValGluAlaPheLeu    165170175    LysValIleAlaTyrGlyLeuLeuPheHisProAsnAlaTyrLeuArg    180185190    AsnGlyTrpAsnLeuLeuAspPheIleIleValValValGlyLeuPhe    195200205    SerAlaIleLeuGluGlnAlaThrLysAlaAspGlyAlaAsnAlaLeu    210215220    GlyGlyLysGlyAlaGlyPheAspValLysAlaLeuArgAlaPheArg    225230235240    ValLeuArgProLeuArgLeuValSerGlyValProSerLeuGlnVal    245250255    ValLeuAsnSerIleIleLysAlaMetValProLeuLeuHisIleAla    260265270    LeuLeuValLeuPheValIleIleIleTyrAlaIleIleGlyLeuGlu    275280285    LeuPheMetGlyLysMetHisLysThrCysTyrAsnGlnGluGlyIle    290295300    AlaAspValProAlaGluAspAspProSerProCysAlaLeuGluThr    305310315320    GlyHisGlyArgGlnCysGlnAsnGlyThrValCysLysProGlyTrp    325330335    AspGlyProLysHisGlyIleThrAsnPheAspAsnPheAlaPheAla    340345350    MetLeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMetGluGlyTrpThrAspVal    355360365    LeuTyrTrpValAsnAspAlaValGlyArgAspTrpProTrpIleTyr    370375380    PheValThrLeuIleIleIleGlySerPhePheValLeuAsnLeuVal    385390395400    LeuGlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheSerLysGluArgGluLysAlaLys    405410415    AlaArgGlyAspPheGlnLysLeuArgGluLysGlnGlnLeuGluGlu    420425430    AspLeuLysGlyTyrLeuAspTrpIleThrGlnAlaGluAspIleXaa    435440445    ProGluAsnGluAspGluGlyMetAspGluGluLysProArgAsnArg    450455460    GlyThrProAlaGlyMetLeuAspGlnLysLysGlyLysPheAlaTrp    465470475480    PheSerHisSerThrGluThrHisValSerMetProThrSerGluThr    485490495    GluSerValAsnThrGluAsnValAlaGlyGlyAspIleGluGlyGlu    500505510    AsnCysGlyAlaArgLeuAlaHisArgIleSerLysSerLysPheSer    515520525    ArgTyrTrpArgArgTrpAsnArgPheCysArgArgLysCysArgAla    530535540    AlaValLysSerAsnValPheTyrTrpLeuValIlePheLeuValPhe    545550555560    LeuAsnThrLeuThrIleAlaSerGluHisTyrAsnGlnProAsnTrp    565570575    LeuThrGluValGlnAspThrAlaAsnLysAlaLeuLeuAlaLeuPhe    580585590    ThrAlaGluMetLeuLeuLysMetTyrSerLeuGlyLeuGlnAlaTyr    595600605    PheValSerLeuPheAsnArgPheAspCysPheValValCysGlyGly    610615620    IleLeuGluThrIleLeuValGluThrLysIleMetSerProLeuGly    625630635640    IleSerValLeuArgCysValArgLeuLeuArgIlePheLysIleThr    645650655    ArgTyrTrpAsnSerLeuSerAsnLeuValAlaSerLeuLeuAsnSer    660665670    ValArgSerIleAlaSerLeuLeuLeuLeuLeuPheLeuPheIleIle    675680685    IlePheSerLeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPheGlyGlyLysPheAsnPhe    690695700    AspGluMetGlnThrArgArgSerThrPheAspAsnPheProGlnSer    705710715720    LeuLeuThrValPheXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaXaaVal    725730735    MetTyrAspGlyIleMetAlaTyrGlyGlyProSerPheProGlyMet    740745750    LeuValCysIleTyrPheIleIleLeuPheIleSerGlyAsnTyrIle    755760765    LeuLeuAsnValPheLeuAlaIleAlaValAspAsnLeuAlaAspAla    770775780    GluSerLeuThrSerAlaLeuLysGluGluGluGluGluLysGluArg    785790795800    LysLysLeuAlaArgThrAlaSerProGluLysLysGlnGluLeuVal    805810815    GluLysProAlaValGlyGluSerLysGluGluLysIleGluLeuLys    820825830    SerIleThrAlaAspGlyGluSerProProAlaThrLysIleAsnMet    835840845    AspAspLeuGlnProAsnGluAsnGluAspLysSerProTyrProAsn    850855860    ProGluThrThrGlyGluGluAspGluGluGluProGluMetProVal    865870875880    GlyProArgProArgProLeuSerGluLeuHisLeuLysGluLysAla    885890895    ValProMetProGluAlaSerAlaPhePheIlePheSerSerAsnAsn    900905910    ArgPheArgLeuGlnCysHisArgIleValAsnAspThrIlePheThr    915920925    AsnLeuIleLeuPhePheIleLeuLeuSerSerIleSerLeuAlaAla    930935940    GluAspProValGlnHisThrSerPheArgAsnHisIleLeuPheTyr    945950955960    PheAspIleValPheThrThrIlePheThrIleGluIleAlaLeuLys    965970975    MetThrAlaTyrGlyAlaPheLeuHisLysGlySerPheCysArgAsn    980985990    TyrPheAsnIleLeuAspLeuLeuValValSerValSerLeuIleSer    99510001005    PheGlyIleGlnSerSerAlaIleAsnValValLysIleLeuArgVal    101010151020    LeuArgValLeuArgProLeuArgAlaIleAsnArgAlaLysGlyLeu    1025103010351040    LysHisValValGlnCysValPheValAlaIleArgThrIleGlyAsn    104510501055    IleValIleValThrThrLeuLeuGlnPheMetPheAlaCysIleGly    106010651070    ValGlnLeuPheLysGlyLysLeuTyrThrCysSerAspSerSerLys    107510801085    GlnThrGluAlaGluCysLysGlyAsnTyrIleThrTyrLysAspGly    109010951100    GluValAspHisProIleIleGlnProArgSerTrpGluAsnSerLys    1105111011151120    PheAspPheAspAsnValLeuAlaAlaMetMetAlaLeuPheThrVal    112511301135    SerThrPheGluGlyTrpProGluLeuLeuTyrArgSerIleAspSer    114011451150    HisThrGluAspLysGlyProIleTyrAsnTyrArgValGluIleSer    115511601165    IlePhePheIleIleTyrIleIleIleIleAlaPhePheMetMetAsn    117011751180    IlePheValGlyPheValIleValThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyGluGln    1185119011951200    GluTyrLysAsnCysGluLeuAspLysAsnGlnArgGlnCysValGlu    120512101215    TyrAlaLeuLysAlaArgProLeuArgArgTyrIleProLysAsnGln    122012251230    HisGlnTyrLysValTrpTyrValValAsnSerThrTyrPheGluTyr    123512401245    LeuMetPheValLeuIleLeuLeuAsnThrIleCysLeuAlaMetGln    125012551260    HisTyrGlyGlnSerCysLeuPheLysIleAlaMetAsnIleLeuAsn    1265127012751280    MetLeuPheThrGlyLeuPheThrValGluMetIleLeuLysLeuIle    128512901295    AlaPheLysProLysGlyTyrPheSerAspProTrpAsnValPheAsp    130013051310    PheLeuIleValIleGlySerIleIleAspValIleLeuSerGluThr    131513201325    AsnProAlaGluHisThrGlnCysSerProSerMetAsnAlaGluGlu    133013351340    AsnSerArgIleSerIleThrPhePheArgLeuPheArgValMetArg    1345135013551360    LeuValLysLeuLeuSerArgGlyGluGlyIleArgThrLeuLeuTrp    136513701375    ThrPheIleLysSerPheGlnAlaLeuProTyrValAlaLeuLeuIle    138013851390    ValMetLeuPhePheIleTyrAlaValIleGlyMetGlnValPheGly    139514001405    LysIleAlaLeuAsnAspThrThrGluIleAsnArgAsnAsnAsnPhe    141014151420    GlnThrPheProGlnAlaValLeuLeuLeuPheArgCysAlaThrGly    1425143014351440    GluAlaTrpGlnAspIleMetLeuAlaCysMetProGlyLysLysCys    144514501455    AlaProGluSerGluProSerAsnSerThrGluGlyGluThrProCys    146014651470    GlySerSerPheAlaValPheTyrPheIleSerPheTyrMetArgCys    147514801485    AlaPheLeuIleIleAsnLeuPheValAlaValIleMetAspAsnPhe    149014951500    AspTyrLeuThrArgAspTrpSerIleLeuGlyProHisHisLeuAsp    1505151015151520    GluPheLysArgIleTrpAlaGluTyrAspProGluAlaLysGlyArg    152515301535    IleLysHisLeuAspValValThrLeuLeuArgArgIleGlnProPro    154015451550    LeuGlyPheGlyLysLeuCysProHisArgValAlaCysLysArgLeu    155515601565    ValSerMetAsnMetProLeuAsnSerAspGlyThrValMetPheAsn    157015751580    AlaThrLeuPheAlaLeuValArgThrAlaLeuArgIleLysThrGlu    1585159015951600    GlyAsnLeuGluGlnAlaAsnGluGluLeuArgAlaIleIleLysLys    160516101615    IleTrpLysArgThrSerMetLysLeuLeuAspGlnValValProPro    162016251630    AlaGlyAspAspGluValThrValGlyLysPheTyrAlaThrPheLeu    163516401645    IleGlnGluTyrPheArgLysPheLysLysArgLysGluGlnGlyLeu    165016551660    ValGlyLysProSerGlnArgAsnAlaLeuSerLeuGlnAlaGlyLeu    1665167016751680    ArgThrLeuHisAspIleGlyProGluIleArgArgAlaIleSerGly    168516901695    AspLeuThrAlaGluGluGluLeuAspLysAlaMetLysGluAlaVal    170017051710    SerAlaAlaSerGluAspAspIlePheArgArgAlaGlyGlyLeuPhe    171517201725    GlyAsnHisValSerTyrTyrGlnSerAspGlyArgSerAlaPhePro    173017351740    GlnThrPheThrThrGlnArgProLeuHisIleAsnLysAlaGlySer    1745175017551760    SerGlnGlyAspThrGluSerProSerHisGluLysLeuValAspSer    176517701775    ThrPheThrProSerSerTyrSerSerThrGlySerAsnAlaAsnIle    178017851790    AsnAsnAlaAsnAsnThrAlaLeuGlyArgLeuProArgProAlaGly    179518001805    TyrProSerThrValSerThrValGluGlyHisGlyProProLeuSer    181018151820    ProAlaIleArgValGlnGluValAlaTrpLysLeuSerSerAsnArg    1825183018351840    CysHisSerArgGluSerGlnAlaAlaMetAlaArgGlnGluGluThr    184518501855    SerGlnAspGluThrTyrGluValLysMetAsnHisAspThrGluAla    186018651870    CysSerGluProSerLeuLeuSerThrGluMetLeuSerTyrGlnAsp    187518801885    AspGluAsnArgGlnLeuThrLeuProGluGluAspLysArgAspIle    189018951900    ArgGlnSerProLysArgGlyPheLeuArgSerSerSerLeuGlyArg    1905191019151920    ArgAlaSerPheHisLeuGluCysLeuLysArgGlnLysAspArgGly    192519301935    GlyAspIleSerGlnLysThrValLeuProLeuHisLeuValHisHis    194019451950    GlnAlaLeuAlaValAlaGlyLeuSerProLeuLeuGlnArgSerHis    195519601965    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 132 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:    AGACCACGGCTTCCTCGAATCTTGCGCGAAGCCGCCGGCCTCGGAGGAGGGATTAATCCA60    GACCCGCCGGGGGGTGTTTTCACATTTCTTCCTCTTCGTGGCTGCTCCTCCTATTAAAAC120    CATTTTTGGTCC132    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 89 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:    CGCTGAGGGCCTTCCGCGTGCTGCGCCCCCTGCGGCTGGTGTCCGGAGTCCCAAGTCTCC60    AGGTGGTCCTGAATTCCATCATCAAGGCC89    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 84 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..84    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:    CACTATTTCTGTGATGCATGGAATACATTTGACGCCTTGATTGTTGTG48    HisTyrPheCysAspAlaTrpAsnThrPheAspAlaLeuIleValVal    151015    GGTAGCATTGTTGATATAGCAATCACCGAGGTAAAC84    GlySerIleValAspIleAlaIleThrGluValAsn    2025    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 28 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:    HisTyrPheCysAspAlaTrpAsnThrPheAspAlaLeuIleValVal    151015    GlySerIleValAspIleAlaIleThrGluValAsn    2025    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 5467 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: join(144..3164, 3168..3245, 3249..3386, 3390    ..3392, 3396..3488, 3495..3539, 3543..3581, 3585    ..3587, 3591..3626, 3630..3689, 3693..3737, 3744    ..3746, 3750..4823, 4827..4841, 4845..5006, 5010    ..5096, 5100..5306, 5310..5366, 5370..5465)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:    GCGGCGGCGGCTGCGGCGGTGGGGCCGGGCGAGGTCCGTGCGGTCCCGGCGGCTCCGTGG60    CTGCTCCGCTCTGAGCGCCTGCGCGCCCCGCGCCCTCCCTGCCGGGGCCGCTGGGCCGGG120    GATGCACGCGGGGCCCGGGAGCCATGGTCCGCTTCGGGGACGAGCTGGGC170    MetValArgPheGlyAspGluLeuGly    15    GGCCGCTATGGAGGCCCCGGCGGCGGAGAGCGGGCCCGGGGCGGCGGG218    GlyArgTyrGlyGlyProGlyGlyGlyGluArgAlaArgGlyGlyGly    10152025    GCCGGCGGGGCGGGGGGCCCGGGTCCCGGGGGGCTGCAGCCCGGCCAG266    AlaGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyProGlyProGlyGlyLeuGlnProGlyGln    303540    CGGGTCCTCTACAAGCAATCGATGGCCCAGCGCGCGCGGACCATGGCG314    ArgValLeuTyrLysGlnSerMetAlaGlnArgAlaArgThrMetAla    455055    CTGTACAACCCCATCCCGGTCAAGCAGAACTGCTTCACCGTCAACCGC362    LeuTyrAsnProIleProValLysGlnAsnCysPheThrValAsnArg    606570    TCGCTCTTCGTCTTCAGCGAGGACAACGTCGTCCGCAAATACGCGAAG410    SerLeuPheValPheSerGluAspAsnValValArgLysTyrAlaLys    758085    CGCATCACCGAGTGGCCTCCATTCGAGAATATGATCCTGGCCACCATC458    ArgIleThrGluTrpProProPheGluAsnMetIleLeuAlaThrIle    9095100105    ATCGCCAACTGCATCGTGCTGGCCCTGGAGCAGCACCTCCCTGATGGG506    IleAlaAsnCysIleValLeuAlaLeuGluGlnHisLeuProAspGly    110115120    GACAAAACGCCCATGTCCGAGCGGCTGGACGACACGGAGCCCTATTTC554    AspLysThrProMetSerGluArgLeuAspAspThrGluProTyrPhe    125130135    ATCGGGATCTTTTGCTTCGAGGCAGGGATCAAAATCATCGCTCTGGGC602    IleGlyIlePheCysPheGluAlaGlyIleLysIleIleAlaLeuGly    140145150    TTTGTCTTCCACAAGGGCTCTTACCTGCGGAACGGCTGGAACGTCATG650    PheValPheHisLysGlySerTyrLeuArgAsnGlyTrpAsnValMet    155160165    GACTTCGTGGTCGTCCTCACAGGGATCCTTGCCACGGCTGGAACTGAC698    AspPheValValValLeuThrGlyIleLeuAlaThrAlaGlyThrAsp    170175180185    TTCGACCTGCGAACACTGAGGGCTGTGCGTGTGCTGAGGCCCCTGAAG746    PheAspLeuArgThrLeuArgAlaValArgValLeuArgProLeuLys    190195200    CTGGTGTCTGGGATTCCAAGTTTGCAGGTGGTGCTCAAGTCCATCATG794    LeuValSerGlyIleProSerLeuGlnValValLeuLysSerIleMet    205210215    AAGGCCATGGTTCCACTCCTGCAGATTGGGCTGCTTCTCTTCTTTGCC842    LysAlaMetValProLeuLeuGlnIleGlyLeuLeuLeuPhePheAla    220225230    ATCCTCATGTTTGCCATCATTGGCCTGGAGTTCTACATGGGCAAGTTC890    IleLeuMetPheAlaIleIleGlyLeuGluPheTyrMetGlyLysPhe    235240245    CACAAGGCCTGTTTCCCCAACAGCACAGATGCGGAGCCCGTGGGTGAC938    HisLysAlaCysPheProAsnSerThrAspAlaGluProValGlyAsp    250255260265    TTCCCCTGTGGCAAGGAGGCCCCAGCCCGGCTGTGCGAGGGCGACACT986    PheProCysGlyLysGluAlaProAlaArgLeuCysGluGlyAspThr    270275280    GAGTGCCGGGAGTACTGGCCAGGACCCAACTTTGGCATCACCAACTTT1034    GluCysArgGluTyrTrpProGlyProAsnPheGlyIleThrAsnPhe    285290295    GACAATATCCTGTTTGCCATCTTGACGGTGTTCCAGTGCATCACCATG1082    AspAsnIleLeuPheAlaIleLeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMet    300305310    GAGGGCTGGACTGACATCCTCTATAATACAAACGATGCGGCCGGCAAC1130    GluGlyTrpThrAspIleLeuTyrAsnThrAsnAspAlaAlaGlyAsn    315320325    ACCTGGAACTGGCTCTACTTCATCCCTCTCATCATCATCGGCTCCTTC1178    ThrTrpAsnTrpLeuTyrPheIleProLeuIleIleIleGlySerPhe    330335340345    TTCATGCTCAACCTGGTGCTGGGCGTGCTCTCGGGGGAGTTTGCCAAG1226    PheMetLeuAsnLeuValLeuGlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheAlaLys    350355360    GAGCGAGAGAGGGTGGAGAACCGCCGCGCCTTCCTGAACGTGCGCCGG1274    GluArgGluArgValGluAsnArgArgAlaPheLeuAsnValArgArg    365370375    CAGCAGCAGATCGAGCGAGAGCTCAACGGGTACCTGGAGTGGATCTTC1322    GlnGlnGlnIleGluArgGluLeuAsnGlyTyrLeuGluTrpIlePhe    380385390    AAGGCGGAGGAAGTCATGCTGGCCGAGGAGGACAGGAATGCAGAGGAG1370    LysAlaGluGluValMetLeuAlaGluGluAspArgAsnAlaGluGlu    395400405    AAGTCCCCTTTGGACGTGCTGAAGAGAGCGGCCACCAAGAAGAGCAGA1418    LysSerProLeuAspValLeuLysArgAlaAlaThrLysLysSerArg    410415420425    AATGACCTGATCCACGCAGAGGAGGGAGAGGACCGGTTTGCAGATCTC1466    AsnAspLeuIleHisAlaGluGluGlyGluAspArgPheAlaAspLeu    430435440    TGTGCTGTTGGATCCCCCTTCGCCCGCGCCAGCCTCAAGAGCGGGAAG1514    CysAlaValGlySerProPheAlaArgAlaSerLeuLysSerGlyLys    445450455    ACAGAGAGCTCGTCATACTTCCGGAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTTCCGGTTT1562    ThrGluSerSerSerTyrPheArgArgLysGluLysMetPheArgPhe    460465470    TTTATCCGGCGCATGGTGAAGGCTCAGAGCTTCTACTGGGTGGTGCTG1610    PheIleArgArgMetValLysAlaGlnSerPheTyrTrpValValLeu    475480485    TGCGTGGTGGCCCTGAACACACTGTGTGTGGCCATGGTGCATTACAAC1658    CysValValAlaLeuAsnThrLeuCysValAlaMetValHisTyrAsn    490495500505    CAGCCGCGGCGGCTTACCACGACCCTGTATTTTGCAGAGTTTGTTTTC1706    GlnProArgArgLeuThrThrThrLeuTyrPheAlaGluPheValPhe    510515520    CTGGGTCTCTTCCTCACAGAGATGTCCCTGAAGATGTATGGCCTGGGG1754    LeuGlyLeuPheLeuThrGluMetSerLeuLysMetTyrGlyLeuGly    525530535    CCCAGAAGCTACTTCCGGTCCTCCTTCAACTGCTTCGACTTTGGGGTC1802    ProArgSerTyrPheArgSerSerPheAsnCysPheAspPheGlyVal    540545550    ATCGTGGGGAGCGTCTTTGAAGTGGTCTGGGCGGCCATCAAGCCGGGA1850    IleValGlySerValPheGluValValTrpAlaAlaIleLysProGly    555560565    AGCTCCTTTGGGATCAGTGTGCTGCGGGCCCTCCGCCTGCTGAGGATC1898    SerSerPheGlyIleSerValLeuArgAlaLeuArgLeuLeuArgIle    570575580585    TTCAAAGTCACGAAGTACTGGAGCTCCCTGCGGAACCTGGTGGTGTCC1946    PheLysValThrLysTyrTrpSerSerLeuArgAsnLeuValValSer    590595600    CTGCTGAACTCCATGAAGTCCATCATCAGCCTGCTCTTCTTGCTCTTC1994    LeuLeuAsnSerMetLysSerIleIleSerLeuLeuPheLeuLeuPhe    605610615    CTGTTCATTGTGGTCTTCGCCCTGCTGGGGATGCAGCTGTTTGGGGGA2042    LeuPheIleValValPheAlaLeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPheGlyGly    620625630    CAGTTCAACTTCCAGGATGAGACTCCCACAACCAACTTCGACACCTTC2090    GlnPheAsnPheGlnAspGluThrProThrThrAsnPheAspThrPhe    635640645    CCTGCCGCCATCCTCACTGTCTTCCAGATCCTGACGGGAGAGGACTGG2138    ProAlaAlaIleLeuThrValPheGlnIleLeuThrGlyGluAspTrp    650655660665    AATGCAGTGATGTATCACGGGATCGAATCGCAAGGCGGCGTCAGCAAA2186    AsnAlaValMetTyrHisGlyIleGluSerGlnGlyGlyValSerLys    670675680    GGCATGTTCTCGTCCTTTTACTTCATTGTCCTGACACTGTTCGGAAAC2234    GlyMetPheSerSerPheTyrPheIleValLeuThrLeuPheGlyAsn    685690695    TACACTCTGCTGAATGTCTTTCTGGCCATCGCTGTGGACAACCTGGCC2282    TyrThrLeuLeuAsnValPheLeuAlaIleAlaValAspAsnLeuAla    700705710    AACGCCCAAGAGCTGACCAAGGATGAAGAGGAGATGGAAGAAGCAGCC2330    AsnAlaGlnGluLeuThrLysAspGluGluGluMetGluGluAlaAla    715720725    AATCAGAAGCTTGCTCTGCAAAAGGCCAAAGAAGTGGCTGAAGTCAGC2378    AsnGlnLysLeuAlaLeuGlnLysAlaLysGluValAlaGluValSer    730735740745    CCCATGTCTGCCGCGAACATCTCCATCGCCGCCAGCGAGCAGAACTCG2426    ProMetSerAlaAlaAsnIleSerIleAlaAlaSerGluGlnAsnSer    750755760    GCCAAGGCGCGCTCGGTGTGGGAGCAGCGGGCCAGCCAGCTACGGCTG2474    AlaLysAlaArgSerValTrpGluGlnArgAlaSerGlnLeuArgLeu    765770775    CAGAACCTGCGGGCCAGCTGCGAGGCGCTGTACAGCGAGATGGACCCC2522    GlnAsnLeuArgAlaSerCysGluAlaLeuTyrSerGluMetAspPro    780785790    GAGGAGCGGCTGCGCTTCGCCACTACGCGCCACCTGCGGCCCGACATG2570    GluGluArgLeuArgPheAlaThrThrArgHisLeuArgProAspMet    795800805    AAGACGCACCTGGACCGGCCGCTGGTGGTGGAGCTGGGCCGCGACGGC2618    LysThrHisLeuAspArgProLeuValValGluLeuGlyArgAspGly    810815820825    GCGCGGGGGCCCGTGGGAGGCAAAGCCCGACCTGAGGCTGCGGAGGCC2666    AlaArgGlyProValGlyGlyLysAlaArgProGluAlaAlaGluAla    830835840    CCCGAGGGCGTCGACCCTCCGCGCAGGCACCACCGGCACCGCGACAAG2714    ProGluGlyValAspProProArgArgHisHisArgHisArgAspLys    845850855    GACAAGACCCCCGCGGCGGGGGACCAGGACCGAGCAGAGGCCCCGAAG2762    AspLysThrProAlaAlaGlyAspGlnAspArgAlaGluAlaProLys    860865870    GCGGAGAGCGGGGAGCCCGGTGCCCGGGAGGAGCGGCCGCGCGCCGAC2810    AlaGluSerGlyGluProGlyAlaArgGluGluArgProArgAlaAsp    875880885    CGCAGCCACAGCAAGGAGGCCGCGGGGCCCCCGGAGGCGCGGACGAGC2858    ArgSerHisSerLysGluAlaAlaGlyProProGluAlaArgThrSer    890895900905    GCGGCCGAGGCCCAGGCCCCGAGGGCGGCCGGCGGCACCACCGGCGCG2906    AlaAlaGluAlaGlnAlaProArgAlaAlaGlyGlyThrThrGlyAla    910915920    GCTCCCCGGAGGAGGCGGCCGAGCGGGAGCCCCGACGCCACCGCGCGC2954    AlaProArgArgArgArgProSerGlySerProAspAlaThrAlaArg    925930935    ACCGGCACCAGGATCCGAGCAAGGAGTGCGCCGGCGCCAAGGGCGAGC3002    ThrGlyThrArgIleArgAlaArgSerAlaProAlaProArgAlaSer    940945950    GGCGCGCGCGGCACCGCGGCGGCCCCCGAGCGGGGCCCCGGGAGGCGG3050    GlyAlaArgGlyThrAlaAlaAlaProGluArgGlyProGlyArgArg    955960965    AGAGCGGGGAGGAGCCGGCGCGGCGGCACCGGGCCCGGCACAAGGCGC3098    ArgAlaGlyArgSerArgArgGlyGlyThrGlyProGlyThrArgArg    970975980985    AGCCTGCTCACGAGGCTGTGGAGAAGGAGACCACGGAGAAGGAGGCCA3146    SerLeuLeuThrArgLeuTrpArgArgArgProArgArgArgArgPro    9909951000    CGGAGAAGGAGGCTGAGATAGTGGAAGCCGACAAGGAAAAGGAGCTCC3194    ArgArgArgArgLeuArgTrpLysProThrArgLysArgSerSer    100510101015    GGAACCACCAGCCCCGGGAGCCACACTGTGACCTGGAGACCAGTGGGA3242    GlyThrThrSerProGlySerHisThrValThrTrpArgProValGly    102010251030    CTGTGACTGTGGGTCCATGCACACACTGCCCAGCAACCTGTCTCCAGA3290    LeuLeuTrpValHisAlaHisThrAlaGlnGlnProValSerArg    103510401045    AGGTGGAGGAACAGCCAGAGGATGCAGACAATCAGCGGAACGTCACTC3338    ArgTrpArgAsnSerGlnArgMetGlnThrIleSerGlyThrSerLeu    1050105510601065    GCATGGGCAGTCAGCCCCCAGACCCGAACACTATTGTACATATCCCAG3386    AlaTrpAlaValSerProGlnThrArgThrLeuLeuTyrIleSerGln    107010751080    TGATGCTGACGGGCCCTCTTGGGGAAGCCACGGTCGTTCCCAGTGGTA3434    CysArgAlaLeuLeuGlyLysProArgSerPheProValVal    108510901095    ACGTGGACCTGGAAAGCCAAGCAGAGGGGAAGAAGGAGGTGGAAGCGG3482    ThrTrpThrTrpLysAlaLysGlnArgGlyArgArgArgTrpLysArg    110011051110    ATGACGTGATGAGGAGCGGCCCCCGGCCTATCGTCCCATACAGCTCCA3530    MetThrGlyAlaAlaProGlyLeuSerSerHisThrAlaPro    111511201125    TGTTCTGTTTAAGCCCCACCAACCTGCTCCGCCGCTTCTGCCACTACA3578    CysSerValAlaProProThrCysSerAlaAlaSerAlaThrThr    1130113511401145    TCGTGACCATGAGGTACTTCGAGGTGGTCATTCTCGTGGTCATCGCCT3626    SerProGlyThrSerArgTrpSerPheSerTrpSerSerPro    115011551160    TGAGCAGCATCGCCCTGGCTGCTGAGGACCCAGTGCGCACAGACTCGC3674    AlaAlaSerProTrpLeuLeuArgThrGlnCysAlaGlnThrArg    116511701175    CCAGGAACAACGCTCTGAAATACCTGGATTACATTTTCACTGGTGTCT3722    ProGlyThrThrLeuAsnThrTrpIleThrPheSerLeuValSer    118011851190    TTACCTTTGAGATGGTGATAAAGATGATCGACTTGGGACTGCTGCTTC3770    LeuProLeuArgTrpArgSerThrTrpAspCysCysPhe    119512001205    ACCCTGGAGCCTATTTCCGGGACTTGTGGAACATTCTGGACTTCATTG3818    ThrLeuGluProIleSerGlyThrCysGlyThrPheTrpThrSerLeu    1210121512201225    TGGTCAGTGGCGCCCTGGTGGCGTTTGCTTTCTCGATCCAAAGGGAAA3866    TrpSerValAlaProTrpTrpArgLeuLeuSerArgSerLysGlyLys    123012351240    GACATCAATACCATCAAGTCTCTGAGAGTCCTTCGTGTCCTGCGGCCC3914    AspIleAsnThrIleLysSerLeuArgValLeuArgValLeuArgPro    124512501255    CTCAAGACCATCAAACGGCTGCCCAAGCTCAAGGCTGTGTTTGACTGT3962    LeuLysThrIleLysArgLeuProLysLeuLysAlaValPheAspCys    126012651270    GTGGTGAACTCCCTGAAGAATGTCCTCAACATCTTGATTGTCTACATG4010    ValValAsnSerLeuLysAsnValLeuAsnIleLeuIleValTyrMet    127512801285    CTCTTCATGTTCATATTTGCCGTCATTGCGGTGCAGCTCTTCAAAGGG4058    LeuPheMetPheIlePheAlaValIleAlaValGlnLeuPheLysGly    1290129513001305    AAGTTTTTCTACTGCACAGATGAATCCAAGGAGCTGGAGAGGGACTGC4106    LysPhePheTyrCysThrAspGluSerLysGluLeuGluArgAspCys    131013151320    AGGGGTCAGTATTTGGATTATGAGAAGGAGGAAGTGGAAGCTCAGCCC4154    ArgGlyGlnTyrLeuAspTyrGluLysGluGluValGluAlaGlnPro    132513301335    AGGCAGTGGAAGAAATACGACTTTCACTACGACAATGTGCTCTGGGCT4202    ArgGlnTrpLysLysTyrAspPheHisTyrAspAsnValLeuTrpAla    134013451350    CTGCTGACGCTGTTCACAGTGTCCACGGGAGAAGGCTGGCCCATGGTG4250    LeuLeuThrLeuPheThrValSerThrGlyGluGlyTrpProMetVal    135513601365    CTGAAACACTCCGTGGATGCCACCTATGAGGAGCAGGGTCCAAGCCCT4298    LeuLysHisSerValAspAlaThrTyrGluGluGlnGlyProSerPro    1370137513801385    GGGTACCGCATGGAGCTGTCCATCTTCTACGTGGTCTACTTTGTGGTC4346    GlyTyrArgMetGluLeuSerIlePheTyrValValTyrPheValVal    139013951400    TTTCCCTTCTTCTTCGTCAACATCTTTGTGGCTTTGATCATCATCACC4394    PheProPhePhePheValAsnIlePheValAlaLeuIleIleIleThr    140514101415    TTCCAGGAGCAGGGGGACAAGGTGATGTCTGAATGCAGCCTGGAGAAG4442    PheGlnGluGlnGlyAspLysValMetSerGluCysSerLeuGluLys    142014251430    AACGAGAGGGCTTGCATTGACTTCGCCATCAGCGCCAAACCCCTGACA4490    AsnGluArgAlaCysIleAspPheAlaIleSerAlaLysProLeuThr    143514401445    CGGTACATGCCCCAAAACCGGCAGTCGTTCCAGTATAAGACGTGGACA4538    ArgTyrMetProGlnAsnArgGlnSerPheGlnTyrLysThrTrpThr    1450145514601465    TTTGTGGTCTCCCCGCCCTTTGAATACTTCATCATGGCCATGATAGCC4586    PheValValSerProProPheGluTyrPheIleMetAlaMetIleAla    147014751480    CTCAACACTGTGGTGCTGATGATGAAGTTCTATGATGCACCCTATGAG4634    LeuAsnThrValValLeuMetMetLysPheTyrAspAlaProTyrGlu    148514901495    TACGAGCTGATGCTGAAATGCCTGAACATCGTGTTCACATCCATGTTC4682    TyrGluLeuMetLeuLysCysLeuAsnIleValPheThrSerMetPhe    150015051510    TCCATGGAATGCGTGCTGAAGATCATCGCCTTTGGGGTGCTGAACTAT4730    SerMetGluCysValLeuLysIleIleAlaPheGlyValLeuAsnTyr    151515201525    TTCAGAGATGCCTGGAATTTTGTCTTTGACTTTGTCACTGTGTTGGGA4778    PheArgAspAlaTrpAsnPheValPheAspPheValThrValLeuGly    1530153515401545    AGTATTACTGATATTTTAGTAACAGAGATTGCGATTTGCCCAAGATGA4826    SerIleThrAspIleLeuValThrGluIleAlaIleCysProArg    155015551560    AGGTTTCAGCAGTTTTAATGCTACAGCACACCAGGAGTTACCGTCACC4874    ArgPheGlnGlnPheCysTyrSerThrProGlyValThrValThr    156515701575    TCACTTACCACCCACCAACAGAGGAGAATCTGTCCAGTGAGCCACTCC4922    SerLeuThrThrHisGlnGlnArgArgIleCysProValSerHisSer    158015851590    CCAAGGTCTCCATCCTTAGAGTCGGCTTCCAAGGAACCACCCCTGGTG4970    ProArgSerProSerLeuGluSerAlaSerLysGluProProLeuVal    159516001605    TCACCTGTCTTTGGATCAGAACGTGTGATCCAAATGTGATTTACTGGA5018    SerProValPheGlySerGluArgValIleGlnMetPheThrGly    1610161516201625    ATCACAGTTTCCAGGAATAGTTGGAAACGAACAATTTCATCAACCTCA5066    IleThrValSerArgAsnSerTrpLysArgThrIleSerSerThrSer    163016351640    GCTTCCTCCGCCTCTTTCGAGCTGCGCGGCTGATCAAGCTGCTCCGCC5114    AlaSerSerAlaSerPheGluLeuArgGlySerSerCysSerAla    164516501655    AGGGCTACACCATCCGCATCCTGCTGTGGACCTTTGTCCAGTCCTTCA5162    ArgAlaThrProSerAlaSerCysCysGlyProLeuSerSerProSer    166016651670    AGGCCCTGCCCTACGTGTGTCTGCTCATTGCCATGCTGTTCTTCATCT5210    ArgProCysProThrCysValCysSerLeuProCysCysSerSerSer    167516801685    ACGCCATCATCGGCATGCAGGTGTTTGGGAATATTGCCCTGGATGATG5258    ThrProSerSerAlaCysArgCysLeuGlyIleLeuProTrpMetMet    1690169517001705    ACACCAGCATCAACCGCCACAACAACTTCCGGACGTTTTTGCAAGCCC5306    ThrProAlaSerThrAlaThrThrThrSerGlyArgPheCysLysPro    171017151720    TGATGCTGCTGTTCAGGAGCGCCACGGGGGAGGCCTGGCACGAGATCA5354    CysCysCysSerGlyAlaProArgGlyArgProGlyThrArgSer    172517301735    TGCTGTCCTGCCTGAGCAACCAGGCCTGTGATGAGCAGGCCAATGCCA5402    CysCysProAlaAlaThrArgProValMetSerArgProMetPro    174017451750    CCGAGTGTGGAAGTGACTTTGCCTACTTCTACTTCGTCTCCTTCATCG5450    ProSerValGluValThrLeuProThrSerThrSerSerProSerSer    175517601765    CTCGAGTGTACGTACCG5467    LeuGluCysThrTyr    1770    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 1754 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:    MetValArgPheGlyAspGluLeuGlyGlyArgTyrGlyGlyProGly    151015    GlyGlyGluArgAlaArgGlyGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyPro    202530    GlyProGlyGlyLeuGlnProGlyGlnArgValLeuTyrLysGlnSer    354045    MetAlaGlnArgAlaArgThrMetAlaLeuTyrAsnProIleProVal    505560    LysGlnAsnCysPheThrValAsnArgSerLeuPheValPheSerGlu    65707580    AspAsnValValArgLysTyrAlaLysArgIleThrGluTrpProPro    859095    PheGluAsnMetIleLeuAlaThrIleIleAlaAsnCysIleValLeu    100105110    AlaLeuGluGlnHisLeuProAspGlyAspLysThrProMetSerGlu    115120125    ArgLeuAspAspThrGluProTyrPheIleGlyIlePheCysPheGlu    130135140    AlaGlyIleLysIleIleAlaLeuGlyPheValPheHisLysGlySer    145150155160    TyrLeuArgAsnGlyTrpAsnValMetAspPheValValValLeuThr    165170175    GlyIleLeuAlaThrAlaGlyThrAspPheAspLeuArgThrLeuArg    180185190    AlaValArgValLeuArgProLeuLysLeuValSerGlyIleProSer    195200205    LeuGlnValValLeuLysSerIleMetLysAlaMetValProLeuLeu    210215220    GlnIleGlyLeuLeuLeuPhePheAlaIleLeuMetPheAlaIleIle    225230235240    GlyLeuGluPheTyrMetGlyLysPheHisLysAlaCysPheProAsn    245250255    SerThrAspAlaGluProValGlyAspPheProCysGlyLysGluAla    260265270    ProAlaArgLeuCysGluGlyAspThrGluCysArgGluTyrTrpPro    275280285    GlyProAsnPheGlyIleThrAsnPheAspAsnIleLeuPheAlaIle    290295300    LeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMetGluGlyTrpThrAspIleLeu    305310315320    TyrAsnThrAsnAspAlaAlaGlyAsnThrTrpAsnTrpLeuTyrPhe    325330335    IleProLeuIleIleIleGlySerPhePheMetLeuAsnLeuValLeu    340345350    GlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheAlaLysGluArgGluArgValGluAsn    355360365    ArgArgAlaPheLeuAsnValArgArgGlnGlnGlnIleGluArgGlu    370375380    LeuAsnGlyTyrLeuGluTrpIlePheLysAlaGluGluValMetLeu    385390395400    AlaGluGluAspArgAsnAlaGluGluLysSerProLeuAspValLeu    405410415    LysArgAlaAlaThrLysLysSerArgAsnAspLeuIleHisAlaGlu    420425430    GluGlyGluAspArgPheAlaAspLeuCysAlaValGlySerProPhe    435440445    AlaArgAlaSerLeuLysSerGlyLysThrGluSerSerSerTyrPhe    450455460    ArgArgLysGluLysMetPheArgPhePheIleArgArgMetValLys    465470475480    AlaGlnSerPheTyrTrpValValLeuCysValValAlaLeuAsnThr    485490495    LeuCysValAlaMetValHisTyrAsnGlnProArgArgLeuThrThr    500505510    ThrLeuTyrPheAlaGluPheValPheLeuGlyLeuPheLeuThrGlu    515520525    MetSerLeuLysMetTyrGlyLeuGlyProArgSerTyrPheArgSer    530535540    SerPheAsnCysPheAspPheGlyValIleValGlySerValPheGlu    545550555560    ValValTrpAlaAlaIleLysProGlySerSerPheGlyIleSerVal    565570575    LeuArgAlaLeuArgLeuLeuArgIlePheLysValThrLysTyrTrp    580585590    SerSerLeuArgAsnLeuValValSerLeuLeuAsnSerMetLysSer    595600605    IleIleSerLeuLeuPheLeuLeuPheLeuPheIleValValPheAla    610615620    LeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPheGlyGlyGlnPheAsnPheGlnAspGlu    625630635640    ThrProThrThrAsnPheAspThrPheProAlaAlaIleLeuThrVal    645650655    PheGlnIleLeuThrGlyGluAspTrpAsnAlaValMetTyrHisGly    660665670    IleGluSerGlnGlyGlyValSerLysGlyMetPheSerSerPheTyr    675680685    PheIleValLeuThrLeuPheGlyAsnTyrThrLeuLeuAsnValPhe    690695700    LeuAlaIleAlaValAspAsnLeuAlaAsnAlaGlnGluLeuThrLys    705710715720    AspGluGluGluMetGluGluAlaAlaAsnGlnLysLeuAlaLeuGln    725730735    LysAlaLysGluValAlaGluValSerProMetSerAlaAlaAsnIle    740745750    SerIleAlaAlaSerGluGlnAsnSerAlaLysAlaArgSerValTrp    755760765    GluGlnArgAlaSerGlnLeuArgLeuGlnAsnLeuArgAlaSerCys    770775780    GluAlaLeuTyrSerGluMetAspProGluGluArgLeuArgPheAla    785790795800    ThrThrArgHisLeuArgProAspMetLysThrHisLeuAspArgPro    805810815    LeuValValGluLeuGlyArgAspGlyAlaArgGlyProValGlyGly    820825830    LysAlaArgProGluAlaAlaGluAlaProGluGlyValAspProPro    835840845    ArgArgHisHisArgHisArgAspLysAspLysThrProAlaAlaGly    850855860    AspGlnAspArgAlaGluAlaProLysAlaGluSerGlyGluProGly    865870875880    AlaArgGluGluArgProArgAlaAspArgSerHisSerLysGluAla    885890895    AlaGlyProProGluAlaArgThrSerAlaAlaGluAlaGlnAlaPro    900905910    ArgAlaAlaGlyGlyThrThrGlyAlaAlaProArgArgArgArgPro    915920925    SerGlySerProAspAlaThrAlaArgThrGlyThrArgIleArgAla    930935940    ArgSerAlaProAlaProArgAlaSerGlyAlaArgGlyThrAlaAla    945950955960    AlaProGluArgGlyProGlyArgArgArgAlaGlyArgSerArgArg    965970975    GlyGlyThrGlyProGlyThrArgArgSerLeuLeuThrArgLeuTrp    980985990    ArgArgArgProArgArgArgArgProArgArgArgArgLeuArg    99510001005    TrpLysProThrArgLysArgSerSerGlyThrThrSerProGlySer    101010151020    HisThrValThrTrpArgProValGlyLeuLeuTrpValHisAla    1025103010351040    HisThrAlaGlnGlnProValSerArgArgTrpArgAsnSerGlnArg    104510501055    MetGlnThrIleSerGlyThrSerLeuAlaTrpAlaValSerProGln    106010651070    ThrArgThrLeuLeuTyrIleSerGlnCysArgAlaLeuLeu    107510801085    GlyLysProArgSerPheProValValThrTrpThrTrpLysAlaLys    109010951100    GlnArgGlyArgArgArgTrpLysArgMetThrGlyAlaAla    1105111011151120    ProGlyLeuSerSerHisThrAlaProCysSerValAlaProPro    112511301135    ThrCysSerAlaAlaSerAlaThrThrSerProGlyThrSer    114011451150    ArgTrpSerPheSerTrpSerSerProAlaAlaSerProTrpLeu    115511601165    LeuArgThrGlnCysAlaGlnThrArgProGlyThrThrLeuAsn    117011751180    ThrTrpIleThrPheSerLeuValSerLeuProLeuArgTrp    1185119011951200    ArgSerThrTrpAspCysCysPheThrLeuGluProIleSerGly    120512101215    ThrCysGlyThrPheTrpThrSerLeuTrpSerValAlaProTrpTrp    122012251230    ArgLeuLeuSerArgSerLysGlyLysAspIleAsnThrIleLysSer    123512401245    LeuArgValLeuArgValLeuArgProLeuLysThrIleLysArgLeu    125012551260    ProLysLeuLysAlaValPheAspCysValValAsnSerLeuLysAsn    1265127012751280    ValLeuAsnIleLeuIleValTyrMetLeuPheMetPheIlePheAla    128512901295    ValIleAlaValGlnLeuPheLysGlyLysPhePheTyrCysThrAsp    130013051310    GluSerLysGluLeuGluArgAspCysArgGlyGlnTyrLeuAspTyr    131513201325    GluLysGluGluValGluAlaGlnProArgGlnTrpLysLysTyrAsp    133013351340    PheHisTyrAspAsnValLeuTrpAlaLeuLeuThrLeuPheThrVal    1345135013551360    SerThrGlyGluGlyTrpProMetValLeuLysHisSerValAspAla    136513701375    ThrTyrGluGluGlnGlyProSerProGlyTyrArgMetGluLeuSer    138013851390    IlePheTyrValValTyrPheValValPheProPhePhePheValAsn    139514001405    IlePheValAlaLeuIleIleIleThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyAspLys    141014151420    ValMetSerGluCysSerLeuGluLysAsnGluArgAlaCysIleAsp    1425143014351440    PheAlaIleSerAlaLysProLeuThrArgTyrMetProGlnAsnArg    144514501455    GlnSerPheGlnTyrLysThrTrpThrPheValValSerProProPhe    146014651470    GluTyrPheIleMetAlaMetIleAlaLeuAsnThrValValLeuMet    147514801485    MetLysPheTyrAspAlaProTyrGluTyrGluLeuMetLeuLysCys    149014951500    LeuAsnIleValPheThrSerMetPheSerMetGluCysValLeuLys    1505151015151520    IleIleAlaPheGlyValLeuAsnTyrPheArgAspAlaTrpAsnPhe    152515301535    ValPheAspPheValThrValLeuGlySerIleThrAspIleLeuVal    154015451550    ThrGluIleAlaIleCysProArgArgPheGlnGlnPheCys    155515601565    TyrSerThrProGlyValThrValThrSerLeuThrThrHisGlnGln    157015751580    ArgArgIleCysProValSerHisSerProArgSerProSerLeuGlu    1585159015951600    SerAlaSerLysGluProProLeuValSerProValPheGlySerGlu    160516101615    ArgValIleGlnMetPheThrGlyIleThrValSerArgAsnSer    162016251630    TrpLysArgThrIleSerSerThrSerAlaSerSerAlaSerPheGlu    163516401645    LeuArgGlySerSerCysSerAlaArgAlaThrProSerAlaSer    165016551660    CysCysGlyProLeuSerSerProSerArgProCysProThrCysVal    1665167016751680    CysSerLeuProCysCysSerSerSerThrProSerSerAlaCysArg    168516901695    CysLeuGlyIleLeuProTrpMetMetThrProAlaSerThrAlaThr    170017051710    ThrThrSerGlyArgPheCysLysProCysCysCysSerGlyAla    171517201725    ProArgGlyArgProGlyThrArgSerCysCysProAlaAlaThr    173017351740    ArgProValMetSerArgProMetProProSerValGluValThrLeu    1745175017551760    ProThrSerThrSerSerProSerSerLeuGluCysThrTyr    17651770    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 2470 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..2469    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:    ATGGTCCGCTTCGGGGACGAGCTGGGCGGCCGCTATGGAGGCCCCGGC48    MetValArgPheGlyAspGluLeuGlyGlyArgTyrGlyGlyProGly    151015    GGCGGAGAGCGGGCCCGGGGCGGCGGGGCCGGCGGGGCGGGGGGCCCG96    GlyGlyGluArgAlaArgGlyGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyPro    202530    GGTCCCGGGGGGCTGCAGCCCGGCCAGCGGGTCCTCTACAAGCAATCG144    GlyProGlyGlyLeuGlnProGlyGlnArgValLeuTyrLysGlnSer    354045    ATGGCCCAGCGCGCGCGGACCATGGCGCTGTACAACCCCATCCCGGTC192    MetAlaGlnArgAlaArgThrMetAlaLeuTyrAsnProIleProVal    505560    AAGCAGAACTGCTTCACCGTCAACCGCTCGCTCTTCGTCTTCAGCGAG240    LysGlnAsnCysPheThrValAsnArgSerLeuPheValPheSerGlu    65707580    GACAACGTCGTCCGCAAATACGCGAAGCGCATCACCGAGTGGCCTCCA288    AspAsnValValArgLysTyrAlaLysArgIleThrGluTrpProPro    859095    TTCGAGAATATGATCCTGGCCACCATCATCGCCAACTGCATCGTGCTG336    PheGluAsnMetIleLeuAlaThrIleIleAlaAsnCysIleValLeu    100105110    GCCCTGGAGCAGCACCTCCCTGATGGGGACAAAACGCCCATGTCCGAG384    AlaLeuGluGlnHisLeuProAspGlyAspLysThrProMetSerGlu    115120125    CGGCTGGACGACACGGAGCCCTATTTCATCGGGATCTTTTGCTTCGAG432    ArgLeuAspAspThrGluProTyrPheIleGlyIlePheCysPheGlu    130135140    GCAGGGATCAAAATCATCGCTCTGGGCTTTGTCTTCCACAAGGGCTCT480    AlaGlyIleLysIleIleAlaLeuGlyPheValPheHisLysGlySer    145150155160    TACCTGCGGAACGGCTGGAACGTCATGGACTTCGTGGTCGTCCTCACA528    TyrLeuArgAsnGlyTrpAsnValMetAspPheValValValLeuThr    165170175    GGGATCCTTGCCACGGCTGGAACTGACTTCGACCTGCGAACACTGAGG576    GlyIleLeuAlaThrAlaGlyThrAspPheAspLeuArgThrLeuArg    180185190    GCTGTGCGTGTGCTGAGGCCCCTGAAGCTGGTGTCTGGGATTCCAAGT624    AlaValArgValLeuArgProLeuLysLeuValSerGlyIleProSer    195200205    TTGCAGGTGGTGCTCAAGTCCATCATGAAGGCCATGGTTCCACTCCTG672    LeuGlnValValLeuLysSerIleMetLysAlaMetValProLeuLeu    210215220    CAGATTGGGCTGCTTCTCTTCTTTGCCATCCTCATGTTTGCCATCATT720    GlnIleGlyLeuLeuLeuPhePheAlaIleLeuMetPheAlaIleIle    225230235240    GGCCTGGAGTTCTACATGGGCAAGTTCCACAAGGCCTGTTTCCCCAAC768    GlyLeuGluPheTyrMetGlyLysPheHisLysAlaCysPheProAsn    245250255    AGCACAGATGCGGAGCCCGTGGGTGACTTCCCCTGTGGCAAGGAGGCC816    SerThrAspAlaGluProValGlyAspPheProCysGlyLysGluAla    260265270    CCAGCCCGGCTGTGCGAGGGCGACACTGAGTGCCGGGAGTACTGGCCA864    ProAlaArgLeuCysGluGlyAspThrGluCysArgGluTyrTrpPro    275280285    GGACCCAACTTTGGCATCACCAACTTTGACAATATCCTGTTTGCCATC912    GlyProAsnPheGlyIleThrAsnPheAspAsnIleLeuPheAlaIle    290295300    TTGACGGTGTTCCAGTGCATCACCATGGAGGGCTGGACTGACATCCTC960    LeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMetGluGlyTrpThrAspIleLeu    305310315320    TATAATACAAACGATGCGGCCGGCAACACCTGGAACTGGCTCTACTTC1008    TyrAsnThrAsnAspAlaAlaGlyAsnThrTrpAsnTrpLeuTyrPhe    325330335    ATCCCTCTCATCATCATCGGCTCCTTCTTCATGCTCAACCTGGTGCTG1056    IleProLeuIleIleIleGlySerPhePheMetLeuAsnLeuValLeu    340345350    GGCGTGCTCTCGGGGGAGTTTGCCAAGGAGCGAGAGAGGGTGGAGAAC1104    GlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheAlaLysGluArgGluArgValGluAsn    355360365    CGCCGCGCCTTCCTGAACGTGCGCCGGCAGCAGCAGATCGAGCGAGAG1152    ArgArgAlaPheLeuAsnValArgArgGlnGlnGlnIleGluArgGlu    370375380    CTCAACGGGTACCTGGAGTGGATCTTCAAGGCGGAGGAAGTCATGCTG1200    LeuAsnGlyTyrLeuGluTrpIlePheLysAlaGluGluValMetLeu    385390395400    GCCGAGGAGGACAGGAATGCAGAGGAGAAGTCCCCTTTGGACGTGCTG1248    AlaGluGluAspArgAsnAlaGluGluLysSerProLeuAspValLeu    405410415    AAGAGAGCGGCCACCAAGAAGAGCAGAAATGACCTGATCCACGCAGAG1296    LysArgAlaAlaThrLysLysSerArgAsnAspLeuIleHisAlaGlu    420425430    GAGGGAGAGGACCGGTTTGCAGATCTCTGTGCTGTTGGATCCCCCTTC1344    GluGlyGluAspArgPheAlaAspLeuCysAlaValGlySerProPhe    435440445    GCCCGCGCCAGCCTCAAGAGCGGGAAGACAGAGAGCTCGTCATACTTC1392    AlaArgAlaSerLeuLysSerGlyLysThrGluSerSerSerTyrPhe    450455460    CGGAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTTCCGGTTTTTTATCCGGCGCATGGTGAAG1440    ArgArgLysGluLysMetPheArgPhePheIleArgArgMetValLys    465470475480    GCTCAGAGCTTCTACTGGGTGGTGCTGTGCGTGGTGGCCCTGAACACA1488    AlaGlnSerPheTyrTrpValValLeuCysValValAlaLeuAsnThr    485490495    CTGTGTGTGGCCATGGTGCATTACAACCAGCCGCGGCGGCTTACCACG1536    LeuCysValAlaMetValHisTyrAsnGlnProArgArgLeuThrThr    500505510    ACCCTGTATTTTGCAGAGTTTGTTTTCCTGGGTCTCTTCCTCACAGAG1584    ThrLeuTyrPheAlaGluPheValPheLeuGlyLeuPheLeuThrGlu    515520525    ATGTCCCTGAAGATGTATGGCCTGGGGCCCAGAAGCTACTTCCGGTCC1632    MetSerLeuLysMetTyrGlyLeuGlyProArgSerTyrPheArgSer    530535540    TCCTTCAACTGCTTCGACTTTGGGGTCATCGTGGGGAGCGTCTTTGAA1680    SerPheAsnCysPheAspPheGlyValIleValGlySerValPheGlu    545550555560    GTGGTCTGGGCGGCCATCAAGCCGGGAAGCTCCTTTGGGATCAGTGTG1728    ValValTrpAlaAlaIleLysProGlySerSerPheGlyIleSerVal    565570575    CTGCGGGCCCTCCGCCTGCTGAGGATCTTCAAAGTCACGAAGTACTGG1776    LeuArgAlaLeuArgLeuLeuArgIlePheLysValThrLysTyrTrp    580585590    AGCTCCCTGCGGAACCTGGTGGTGTCCCTGCTGAACTCCATGAAGTCC1824    SerSerLeuArgAsnLeuValValSerLeuLeuAsnSerMetLysSer    595600605    ATCATCAGCCTGCTCTTCTTGCTCTTCCTGTTCATTGTGGTCTTCGCC1872    IleIleSerLeuLeuPheLeuLeuPheLeuPheIleValValPheAla    610615620    CTGCTGGGGATGCAGCTGTTTGGGGGACAGTTCAACTTCCAGGATGAG1920    LeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPheGlyGlyGlnPheAsnPheGlnAspGlu    625630635640    ACTCCCACAACCAACTTCGACACCTTCCCTGCCGCCATCCTCACTGTC1968    ThrProThrThrAsnPheAspThrPheProAlaAlaIleLeuThrVal    645650655    TTCCAGATCCTGACGGGAGAGGACTGGAATGCAGTGATGTATCACGGG2016    PheGlnIleLeuThrGlyGluAspTrpAsnAlaValMetTyrHisGly    660665670    ATCGAATCGCAAGGCGGCGTCAGCAAAGGCATGTTCTCGTCCTTTTAC2064    IleGluSerGlnGlyGlyValSerLysGlyMetPheSerSerPheTyr    675680685    TTCATTGTCCTGACACTGTTCGGAAACTACACTCTGCTGAATGTCTTT2112    PheIleValLeuThrLeuPheGlyAsnTyrThrLeuLeuAsnValPhe    690695700    CTGGCCATCGCTGTGGACAACCTGGCCAACGCCCAAGAGCTGACCAAG2160    LeuAlaIleAlaValAspAsnLeuAlaAsnAlaGlnGluLeuThrLys    705710715720    GATGAAGAGGAGATGGAAGAAGCAGCCAATCAGAAGCTTGCTCTGCAA2208    AspGluGluGluMetGluGluAlaAlaAsnGlnLysLeuAlaLeuGln    725730735    AAGGCCAAAGAAGTGGCTGAAGTCAGCCCCATGTCTGCCGCGAACATC2256    LysAlaLysGluValAlaGluValSerProMetSerAlaAlaAsnIle    740745750    TCCATCGCCGCCAGCGAGCAGAACTCGGCCAAGGCGCGCTCGGTGTGG2304    SerIleAlaAlaSerGluGlnAsnSerAlaLysAlaArgSerValTrp    755760765    GAGCAGCGGGCCAGCCAGCTACGGCTGCAGAACCTGCGGGCCAGCTGC2352    GluGlnArgAlaSerGlnLeuArgLeuGlnAsnLeuArgAlaSerCys    770775780    GAGGCGCTGTACAGCGAGATGGACCCCGAGGAGCGGCTGCGCTTCGCC2400    GluAlaLeuTyrSerGluMetAspProGluGluArgLeuArgPheAla    785790795800    ACTACGCGCCACCTGCGGCCCGACATGAAGACGCACCTGGACCGGCCG2448    ThrThrArgHisLeuArgProAspMetLysThrHisLeuAspArgPro    805810815    CTGGTGGTGGAGCTGGGCCGCG2470    LeuValValGluLeuGlyArg    820    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 823 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:    MetValArgPheGlyAspGluLeuGlyGlyArgTyrGlyGlyProGly    151015    GlyGlyGluArgAlaArgGlyGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyAlaGlyGlyPro    202530    GlyProGlyGlyLeuGlnProGlyGlnArgValLeuTyrLysGlnSer    354045    MetAlaGlnArgAlaArgThrMetAlaLeuTyrAsnProIleProVal    505560    LysGlnAsnCysPheThrValAsnArgSerLeuPheValPheSerGlu    65707580    AspAsnValValArgLysTyrAlaLysArgIleThrGluTrpProPro    859095    PheGluAsnMetIleLeuAlaThrIleIleAlaAsnCysIleValLeu    100105110    AlaLeuGluGlnHisLeuProAspGlyAspLysThrProMetSerGlu    115120125    ArgLeuAspAspThrGluProTyrPheIleGlyIlePheCysPheGlu    130135140    AlaGlyIleLysIleIleAlaLeuGlyPheValPheHisLysGlySer    145150155160    TyrLeuArgAsnGlyTrpAsnValMetAspPheValValValLeuThr    165170175    GlyIleLeuAlaThrAlaGlyThrAspPheAspLeuArgThrLeuArg    180185190    AlaValArgValLeuArgProLeuLysLeuValSerGlyIleProSer    195200205    LeuGlnValValLeuLysSerIleMetLysAlaMetValProLeuLeu    210215220    GlnIleGlyLeuLeuLeuPhePheAlaIleLeuMetPheAlaIleIle    225230235240    GlyLeuGluPheTyrMetGlyLysPheHisLysAlaCysPheProAsn    245250255    SerThrAspAlaGluProValGlyAspPheProCysGlyLysGluAla    260265270    ProAlaArgLeuCysGluGlyAspThrGluCysArgGluTyrTrpPro    275280285    GlyProAsnPheGlyIleThrAsnPheAspAsnIleLeuPheAlaIle    290295300    LeuThrValPheGlnCysIleThrMetGluGlyTrpThrAspIleLeu    305310315320    TyrAsnThrAsnAspAlaAlaGlyAsnThrTrpAsnTrpLeuTyrPhe    325330335    IleProLeuIleIleIleGlySerPhePheMetLeuAsnLeuValLeu    340345350    GlyValLeuSerGlyGluPheAlaLysGluArgGluArgValGluAsn    355360365    ArgArgAlaPheLeuAsnValArgArgGlnGlnGlnIleGluArgGlu    370375380    LeuAsnGlyTyrLeuGluTrpIlePheLysAlaGluGluValMetLeu    385390395400    AlaGluGluAspArgAsnAlaGluGluLysSerProLeuAspValLeu    405410415    LysArgAlaAlaThrLysLysSerArgAsnAspLeuIleHisAlaGlu    420425430    GluGlyGluAspArgPheAlaAspLeuCysAlaValGlySerProPhe    435440445    AlaArgAlaSerLeuLysSerGlyLysThrGluSerSerSerTyrPhe    450455460    ArgArgLysGluLysMetPheArgPhePheIleArgArgMetValLys    465470475480    AlaGlnSerPheTyrTrpValValLeuCysValValAlaLeuAsnThr    485490495    LeuCysValAlaMetValHisTyrAsnGlnProArgArgLeuThrThr    500505510    ThrLeuTyrPheAlaGluPheValPheLeuGlyLeuPheLeuThrGlu    515520525    MetSerLeuLysMetTyrGlyLeuGlyProArgSerTyrPheArgSer    530535540    SerPheAsnCysPheAspPheGlyValIleValGlySerValPheGlu    545550555560    ValValTrpAlaAlaIleLysProGlySerSerPheGlyIleSerVal    565570575    LeuArgAlaLeuArgLeuLeuArgIlePheLysValThrLysTyrTrp    580585590    SerSerLeuArgAsnLeuValValSerLeuLeuAsnSerMetLysSer    595600605    IleIleSerLeuLeuPheLeuLeuPheLeuPheIleValValPheAla    610615620    LeuLeuGlyMetGlnLeuPheGlyGlyGlnPheAsnPheGlnAspGlu    625630635640    ThrProThrThrAsnPheAspThrPheProAlaAlaIleLeuThrVal    645650655    PheGlnIleLeuThrGlyGluAspTrpAsnAlaValMetTyrHisGly    660665670    IleGluSerGlnGlyGlyValSerLysGlyMetPheSerSerPheTyr    675680685    PheIleValLeuThrLeuPheGlyAsnTyrThrLeuLeuAsnValPhe    690695700    LeuAlaIleAlaValAspAsnLeuAlaAsnAlaGlnGluLeuThrLys    705710715720    AspGluGluGluMetGluGluAlaAlaAsnGlnLysLeuAlaLeuGln    725730735    LysAlaLysGluValAlaGluValSerProMetSerAlaAlaAsnIle    740745750    SerIleAlaAlaSerGluGlnAsnSerAlaLysAlaArgSerValTrp    755760765    GluGlnArgAlaSerGlnLeuArgLeuGlnAsnLeuArgAlaSerCys    770775780    GluAlaLeuTyrSerGluMetAspProGluGluArgLeuArgPheAla    785790795800    ThrThrArgHisLeuArgProAspMetLysThrHisLeuAspArgPro    805810815    LeuValValGluLeuGlyArg    820    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 957 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..957    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:    TCCAAAGGGAAAGACATCAATACCATCAAGTCTCTGAGAGTCCTTCGT48    SerLysGlyLysAspIleAsnThrIleLysSerLeuArgValLeuArg    151015    GTCCTGCGGCCCCTCAAGACCATCAAACGGCTGCCCAAGCTCAAGGCT96    ValLeuArgProLeuLysThrIleLysArgLeuProLysLeuLysAla    202530    GTGTTTGACTGTGTGGTGAACTCCCTGAAGAATGTCCTCAACATCTTG144    ValPheAspCysValValAsnSerLeuLysAsnValLeuAsnIleLeu    354045    ATTGTCTACATGCTCTTCATGTTCATATTTGCCGTCATTGCGGTGCAG192    IleValTyrMetLeuPheMetPheIlePheAlaValIleAlaValGln    505560    CTCTTCAAAGGGAAGTTTTTCTACTGCACAGATGAATCCAAGGAGCTG240    LeuPheLysGlyLysPhePheTyrCysThrAspGluSerLysGluLeu    65707580    GAGAGGGACTGCAGGGGTCAGTATTTGGATTATGAGAAGGAGGAAGTG288    GluArgAspCysArgGlyGlnTyrLeuAspTyrGluLysGluGluVal    859095    GAAGCTCAGCCCAGGCAGTGGAAGAAATACGACTTTCACTACGACAAT336    GluAlaGlnProArgGlnTrpLysLysTyrAspPheHisTyrAspAsn    100105110    GTGCTCTGGGCTCTGCTGACGCTGTTCACAGTGTCCACGGGAGAAGGC384    ValLeuTrpAlaLeuLeuThrLeuPheThrValSerThrGlyGluGly    115120125    TGGCCCATGGTGCTGAAACACTCCGTGGATGCCACCTATGAGGAGCAG432    TrpProMetValLeuLysHisSerValAspAlaThrTyrGluGluGln    130135140    GGTCCAAGCCCTGGGTACCGCATGGAGCTGTCCATCTTCTACGTGGTC480    GlyProSerProGlyTyrArgMetGluLeuSerIlePheTyrValVal    145150155160    TACTTTGTGGTCTTTCCCTTCTTCTTCGTCAACATCTTTGTGGCTTTG528    TyrPheValValPheProPhePhePheValAsnIlePheValAlaLeu    165170175    ATCATCATCACCTTCCAGGAGCAGGGGGACAAGGTGATGTCTGAATGC576    IleIleIleThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyAspLysValMetSerGluCys    180185190    AGCCTGGAGAAGAACGAGAGGGCTTGCATTGACTTCGCCATCAGCGCC624    SerLeuGluLysAsnGluArgAlaCysIleAspPheAlaIleSerAla    195200205    AAACCCCTGACACGGTACATGCCCCAAAACCGGCAGTCGTTCCAGTAT672    LysProLeuThrArgTyrMetProGlnAsnArgGlnSerPheGlnTyr    210215220    AAGACGTGGACATTTGTGGTCTCCCCGCCCTTTGAATACTTCATCATG720    LysThrTrpThrPheValValSerProProPheGluTyrPheIleMet    225230235240    GCCATGATAGCCCTCAACACTGTGGTGCTGATGATGAAGTTCTATGAT768    AlaMetIleAlaLeuAsnThrValValLeuMetMetLysPheTyrAsp    245250255    GCACCCTATGAGTACGAGCTGATGCTGAAATGCCTGAACATCGTGTTC816    AlaProTyrGluTyrGluLeuMetLeuLysCysLeuAsnIleValPhe    260265270    ACATCCATGTTCTCCATGGAATGCGTGCTGAAGATCATCGCCTTTGGG864    ThrSerMetPheSerMetGluCysValLeuLysIleIleAlaPheGly    275280285    GTGCTGAACTATTTCAGAGATGCCTGGAATTTTGTCTTTGACTTTGTC912    ValLeuAsnTyrPheArgAspAlaTrpAsnPheValPheAspPheVal    290295300    ACTGTGTTGGGAAGTATTACTGATATTTTAGTAACAGAGATTGCG957    ThrValLeuGlySerIleThrAspIleLeuValThrGluIleAla    305310315    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 319 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:    SerLysGlyLysAspIleAsnThrIleLysSerLeuArgValLeuArg    151015    ValLeuArgProLeuLysThrIleLysArgLeuProLysLeuLysAla    202530    ValPheAspCysValValAsnSerLeuLysAsnValLeuAsnIleLeu    354045    IleValTyrMetLeuPheMetPheIlePheAlaValIleAlaValGln    505560    LeuPheLysGlyLysPhePheTyrCysThrAspGluSerLysGluLeu    65707580    GluArgAspCysArgGlyGlnTyrLeuAspTyrGluLysGluGluVal    859095    GluAlaGlnProArgGlnTrpLysLysTyrAspPheHisTyrAspAsn    100105110    ValLeuTrpAlaLeuLeuThrLeuPheThrValSerThrGlyGluGly    115120125    TrpProMetValLeuLysHisSerValAspAlaThrTyrGluGluGln    130135140    GlyProSerProGlyTyrArgMetGluLeuSerIlePheTyrValVal    145150155160    TyrPheValValPheProPhePhePheValAsnIlePheValAlaLeu    165170175    IleIleIleThrPheGlnGluGlnGlyAspLysValMetSerGluCys    180185190    SerLeuGluLysAsnGluArgAlaCysIleAspPheAlaIleSerAla    195200205    LysProLeuThrArgTyrMetProGlnAsnArgGlnSerPheGlnTyr    210215220    LysThrTrpThrPheValValSerProProPheGluTyrPheIleMet    225230235240    AlaMetIleAlaLeuAsnThrValValLeuMetMetLysPheTyrAsp    245250255    AlaProTyrGluTyrGluLeuMetLeuLysCysLeuAsnIleValPhe    260265270    ThrSerMetPheSerMetGluCysValLeuLysIleIleAlaPheGly    275280285    ValLeuAsnTyrPheArgAspAlaTrpAsnPheValPheAspPheVal    290295300    ThrValLeuGlySerIleThrAspIleLeuValThrGluIleAla    305310315    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 1546 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..1434    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:    ATGGTCCAGAAGACCAGCATGTCCCGGGGCCCTTACCCACCCTCCCAG48    MetValGlnLysThrSerMetSerArgGlyProTyrProProSerGln    151015    GAGATCCCCATGGGAGTCTTCGACCCCAGCCCGCAGGGCAAATACAGC96    GluIleProMetGlyValPheAspProSerProGlnGlyLysTyrSer    202530    AAGAGGAAAGGGCGATTCAAACGGTCAGATGGGAGCACGTCCTCGGAT144    LysArgLysGlyArgPheLysArgSerAspGlySerThrSerSerAsp    354045    ACCACATCCAACAGCTTTGTCCGCCAGGGCTCAGCGGAGTCCTACACC192    ThrThrSerAsnSerPheValArgGlnGlySerAlaGluSerTyrThr    505560    AGCCGTCCATCAGACTCTGATGTATCTCTGGAGGAGGACCGGGAAGCC240    SerArgProSerAspSerAspValSerLeuGluGluAspArgGluAla    65707580    TTAAGGAAGGAAGCAGAGCGCCAGGCATTAGCGCAGCTCGAGAAGGCC288    LeuArgLysGluAlaGluArgGlnAlaLeuAlaGlnLeuGluLysAla    859095    AAGACCAAGCCAGTGGCATTTGCTGTGCGGACAAATGTTGGCTACAAT336    LysThrLysProValAlaPheAlaValArgThrAsnValGlyTyrAsn    100105110    CCGTCTCCAGGGGATGAGGTGCCTGTGCAGGGAGTGGCCATCACCTTC384    ProSerProGlyAspGluValProValGlnGlyValAlaIleThrPhe    115120125    GAGCCCAAAGACTTCCTGCACATCAAGGAGAAATACAATAATGACTGG432    GluProLysAspPheLeuHisIleLysGluLysTyrAsnAsnAspTrp    130135140    TGGATCGGGCGGCTGGTGAAGGAGGGCTGTGAGGTTGGCTTCATTCCC480    TrpIleGlyArgLeuValLysGluGlyCysGluValGlyPheIlePro    145150155160    AGCCCCGTCAAACTGGACAGCCTTCGCCTGCTGCAGGAACAGAAGCTG528    SerProValLysLeuAspSerLeuArgLeuLeuGlnGluGlnLysLeu    165170175    CGCCAGAACCGCCTCGGCTCCAGCAAATCAGGCGATAACTCCAGTTCC576    ArgGlnAsnArgLeuGlySerSerLysSerGlyAspAsnSerSerSer    180185190    AGTCTGGGAGATGTGGTGACTGGCACCCGCCGCCCCACACCCCCTGCC624    SerLeuGlyAspValValThrGlyThrArgArgProThrProProAla    195200205    AGTGCCAAACAGAAGCAGAAGTCGACAGAGCATGTGCCCCCCTATGAC672    SerAlaLysGlnLysGlnLysSerThrGluHisValProProTyrAsp    210215220    GTGGTGCCTTCCATGAGGCCCATCATCCTGGTGGGACCGTCGCTCAAG720    ValValProSerMetArgProIleIleLeuValGlyProSerLeuLys    225230235240    GGCTACGAGGTTACAGACATGATGCAGAAAGCTTTATTTGACTTCTTG768    GlyTyrGluValThrAspMetMetGlnLysAlaLeuPheAspPheLeu    245250255    AAGCATCGGTTTGATGGCAGGATCTCCATCACTCGTGTGACGGCAGAT816    LysHisArgPheAspGlyArgIleSerIleThrArgValThrAlaAsp    260265270    ATTTCCCTGGCTAAGCGCTCAGTTCTCAACAACCCCAGCAAACACATC864    IleSerLeuAlaLysArgSerValLeuAsnAsnProSerLysHisIle    275280285    ATCATTGAGCGCTCCAACACACGCTCCAGCCTGGCTGAGGTGCAGAGT912    IleIleGluArgSerAsnThrArgSerSerLeuAlaGluValGlnSer    290295300    GAAATCGAGCGAATCTTCGAGCTGGCCCGGACCCTTCAGTTGGTCGCT960    GluIleGluArgIlePheGluLeuAlaArgThrLeuGlnLeuValAla    305310315320    CTGGATGCTGACACCATCAATCACCCAGCCCAGCTGTCCAAGACCTCG1008    LeuAspAlaAspThrIleAsnHisProAlaGlnLeuSerLysThrSer    325330335    CTGGCCCCCATCATTGTTTACATCAAGATCACCTCTCCCAAGGTACTT1056    LeuAlaProIleIleValTyrIleLysIleThrSerProLysValLeu    340345350    CAAAGGCTCATCAAGTCCCGAGGAAAGTCTCAGTCCAAACACCTCAAT1104    GlnArgLeuIleLysSerArgGlyLysSerGlnSerLysHisLeuAsn    355360365    GTCCAAATAGCGGCCTCGGAAAAGCTGGCACAGTGCCCCCCTGAAATG1152    ValGlnIleAlaAlaSerGluLysLeuAlaGlnCysProProGluMet    370375380    TTTGACATCATCCTGGATGAGAACCAATTGGAGGATGCCTGCGAGCAT1200    PheAspIleIleLeuAspGluAsnGlnLeuGluAspAlaCysGluHis    385390395400    CTGGCGGAGTACTTGGAAGCCTATTGGAAGGCCACACACCCGCCCAGC1248    LeuAlaGluTyrLeuGluAlaTyrTrpLysAlaThrHisProProSer    405410415    AGCACGCCACCCAATCCGCTGCTGAACCGCACCATGGCTACCGCAGCC1296    SerThrProProAsnProLeuLeuAsnArgThrMetAlaThrAlaAla    420425430    CTGGCTGCCAGCCCTGCCCCTGTCTCCAACCTCCAGGTACAGGTGCTC1344    LeuAlaAlaSerProAlaProValSerAsnLeuGlnValGlnValLeu    435440445    ACCTCGCTCAGGAGAAACCTCGGCTTCTGGGGCGGGCTGGAGTCCTCA1392    ThrSerLeuArgArgAsnLeuGlyPheTrpGlyGlyLeuGluSerSer    450455460    CAGCGGGGCAGTGTGGTGCCCCAGGAGCAGGAACATGCCATG1434    GlnArgGlySerValValProGlnGluGlnGluHisAlaMet    465470475    TAGTGGGCGCCCTGCCCGTCTTCCCTCCTGCTCTGGGGTCGGAACTGGAGTGCAGGGAAC1494    ATGGAGGAGGAAGGGAAGAGCTTTATTTTGTAAAAAAATAAGATGAGCGGCA1546    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 478 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:    MetValGlnLysThrSerMetSerArgGlyProTyrProProSerGln    151015    GluIleProMetGlyValPheAspProSerProGlnGlyLysTyrSer    202530    LysArgLysGlyArgPheLysArgSerAspGlySerThrSerSerAsp    354045    ThrThrSerAsnSerPheValArgGlnGlySerAlaGluSerTyrThr    505560    SerArgProSerAspSerAspValSerLeuGluGluAspArgGluAla    65707580    LeuArgLysGluAlaGluArgGlnAlaLeuAlaGlnLeuGluLysAla    859095    LysThrLysProValAlaPheAlaValArgThrAsnValGlyTyrAsn    100105110    ProSerProGlyAspGluValProValGlnGlyValAlaIleThrPhe    115120125    GluProLysAspPheLeuHisIleLysGluLysTyrAsnAsnAspTrp    130135140    TrpIleGlyArgLeuValLysGluGlyCysGluValGlyPheIlePro    145150155160    SerProValLysLeuAspSerLeuArgLeuLeuGlnGluGlnLysLeu    165170175    ArgGlnAsnArgLeuGlySerSerLysSerGlyAspAsnSerSerSer    180185190    SerLeuGlyAspValValThrGlyThrArgArgProThrProProAla    195200205    SerAlaLysGlnLysGlnLysSerThrGluHisValProProTyrAsp    210215220    ValValProSerMetArgProIleIleLeuValGlyProSerLeuLys    225230235240    GlyTyrGluValThrAspMetMetGlnLysAlaLeuPheAspPheLeu    245250255    LysHisArgPheAspGlyArgIleSerIleThrArgValThrAlaAsp    260265270    IleSerLeuAlaLysArgSerValLeuAsnAsnProSerLysHisIle    275280285    IleIleGluArgSerAsnThrArgSerSerLeuAlaGluValGlnSer    290295300    GluIleGluArgIlePheGluLeuAlaArgThrLeuGlnLeuValAla    305310315320    LeuAspAlaAspThrIleAsnHisProAlaGlnLeuSerLysThrSer    325330335    LeuAlaProIleIleValTyrIleLysIleThrSerProLysValLeu    340345350    GlnArgLeuIleLysSerArgGlyLysSerGlnSerLysHisLeuAsn    355360365    ValGlnIleAlaAlaSerGluLysLeuAlaGlnCysProProGluMet    370375380    PheAspIleIleLeuAspGluAsnGlnLeuGluAspAlaCysGluHis    385390395400    LeuAlaGluTyrLeuGluAlaTyrTrpLysAlaThrHisProProSer    405410415    SerThrProProAsnProLeuLeuAsnArgThrMetAlaThrAlaAla    420425430    LeuAlaAlaSerProAlaProValSerAsnLeuGlnValGlnValLeu    435440445    ThrSerLeuArgArgAsnLeuGlyPheTrpGlyGlyLeuGluSerSer    450455460    GlnArgGlySerValValProGlnGluGlnGluHisAlaMet    465470475    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 65 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:    TAAGTTGGGTGCTTTGTGTTAAGCAACACTCTGGTTCGTCCAAGTGCACTTTCCAGTCCC60    TCTCC65    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 448 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:    GTGAGTGCCTAGATCCCAGAGAAGGGAATGGAGGGAGAACATTTGGGTTGTCCTGGTTTC60    CTCTGGCCTACATGAGAGACAGGGTGACCAGGAACACCTGGGTCAGGCCTGTGGGTGCAG120    ACTGGTCTTCTGGGAAGAGCGCAGGTCCCGTCAGTCAAAGACTGGGTTCAAGCCCCAGAA180    GCACCCTTCTGCGTGGAGAGTCAAGCCCTGTCTCCCAGCCTTGGTTGCCTTATCTCTAGA240    ATGAGGGAGTTGGACTGAGTGCCAAAACTTCTTGCAGTTCTGCCAATCTGTAGATCTGAG300    AGCTCTCCTTCCCTTCTACATCCAGAGGCCTCTTTTTAACCTTGTCCTTCAATCCCTTGA360    CTCTACCCACTGCACCCAGGCCACACCCTCAACCCCCTTGGCCATGCCCCACTCATCCCA420    GCCCTGCCCCCTAACCCCGCCTTCACAG448    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 1515 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:    AAGGAAGCAGAGCGCCAGGCATTAGCGCACGTCGAGAAGGCCAAGACCAAGCCAGTGGCA60    TTTGCTGTGCGGACAAATGTTGGCTACAATCCGTCTCCAGGGGATGAGGTGCCTGTGCAG120    GGAGTGGCCATCACCTTCGAGCCCAAAGACTTCCTGCACATCAAGGAGAAATACAATAAT180    GACTGGTGGATCGGGCGGCTGGTGAAGGAGGGCTGTGAGGTTGGCTTCATTCCCAGCCCC240    GTCAAACTGGACAGCCTTCGCCTGCTGCAGGAACAGAAGCTGCGCCAGAACCGCCTCGGC300    TCCAGCAAATCAGGCGATAACTCCAGTTCCAGTCTGGGAGATGTGGTGACTGGCACCCGC360    CGCCCCACACCCCCTGCCAGTGCCAAACAGAAGCAGAAGTCGACAGAGCATGTGCCCCCC420    TATGACGTGGTGCCTTCCATGAGGCCCATCATCCTGGTGGGACCGTCGCTCAAGGGCTAC480    GAGGTTACAGACATGATGCAGAAAGCTTTATTTGACTTCTTGAAGCATCGGTTTGATGGC540    AGGATCTCCATCACTCGTGTGACGGCAGATATTTCCCTGGCTAAGCGCTCAGTTCTCAAC600    AACCCCAGCAAACACATCATCATTGAGCGCTCCAACACACGCTCCAGCCTGGCTGAGGTG660    CAGAGTGAAATCGAGCGAATCTTCGAGCTGGCCCGGACCCTTCAGTTGGTCGCTCTGGAT720    GCTGACACCATCAATCACCCAGCCCAGCTGTCCAAGACCTCGCTGGCCCCCATCATTGTT780    TACATCAAGATCACCTCTCCCAAGGTACTTCAAAGGCTCATCAAGTCCCGAGGAAAGTCT840    CAGTCCAAACACCTCAATGTCCAAATAGCGGCCTCGGAAAAGCTGGCACAGTGCCCCCCT900    GAAATGTTTGACATCATCCTGGATGAGAACCAATTGGAGGATGCCTGCGAGCATCTGGCG960    GAGTACTTGGAAGCCTATTGGAAGGCCACACACCCGCCCAGCAGCACGCCACCCAATCCG1020    CTGCTGAACCGCACCATGGCTACCGCAGCCCTGGCTGCCAGCCCTGCCCCTGTCTCCAAC1080    CTCCAGCCACCCTACCTTCCTTCCGGGACCAGCCACTGGAACGGCCCACCNNGGAGCACG1140    CCAGCATGCACGAGTACTCAGGGGAGCTGGGCCAGCCCCAGGCCTTTACCCCAGCAGCCA1200    CCCACCAGGCCGGGCAGGCACGCTAGGGCACTGTCCCGCCAAGACACTTTTGATGCCGAC1260    ACCCCCGGCAGCCGAAACTCTGCCTACACGGAGCTGGGAGACTCATGTGTGGACATGGAG1320    ACTGACCCCTCAGAGGGGCCAGGGCTTGGAGACCCTGCAGGGGGCGGCACGCCCCCAGCC1380    CGACAGGGATCCTGGGAGGACGAGGAAGAAGACTATGAGGAAGAGCTGACCGACAACCGG1440    AACCGGGGCCGGAATAAGGCCCGCTACTGCGCTGAGGGTGGGGGTCCAGTTTTGGGGCGC1500    AACAAGAATGAGGGA1515    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 505 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:    LysGluAlaGluArgGlnAlaLeuAlaHisValGluLysAlaLysThr    151015    LysProValAlaPheAlaValArgThrAsnValGlyTyrAsnProSer    202530    ProGlyAspGluValProValGlnGlyValAlaIleThrPheGluPro    354045    LysAspPheLeuHisIleLysGluLysTyrAsnAsnAspTrpTrpIle    505560    GlyArgLeuValLysGluGlyCysGluValGlyPheIleProSerPro    65707580    ValLysLeuAspSerLeuArgLeuLeuGlnGluGlnLysLeuArgGln    859095    AsnArgLeuGlySerSerLysSerGlyAspAsnSerSerSerSerLeu    100105110    GlyAspValValThrGlyThrArgArgProThrProProAlaSerAla    115120125    LysGlnLysGlnLysSerThrGluHisValProProTyrAspValVal    130135140    ProSerMetArgProIleIleLeuValGlyProSerLeuLysGlyTyr    145150155160    GluValThrAspMetMetGlnLysAlaLeuPheAspPheLeuLysHis    165170175    ArgPheAspGlyArgIleSerIleThrArgValThrAlaAspIleSer    180185190    LeuAlaLysArgSerValLeuAsnAsnProSerLysHisIleIleIle    195200205    GluArgSerAsnThrArgSerSerLeuAlaGluValGlnSerGluIle    210215220    GluArgIlePheGluLeuAlaArgThrLeuGlnLeuValAlaLeuAsp    225230235240    AlaAspThrIleAsnHisProAlaGlnLeuSerLysThrSerLeuAla    245250255    ProIleIleValTyrIleLysIleThrSerProLysValLeuGlnArg    260265270    LeuIleLysSerArgGlyLysSerGlnSerLysHisLeuAsnValGln    275280285    IleAlaAlaSerGluLysLeuAlaGlnCysProProGluMetPheAsp    290295300    IleIleLeuAspGluAsnGlnLeuGluAspAlaCysGluHisLeuAla    305310315320    GluTyrLeuGluAlaTyrTrpLysAlaThrHisProProSerSerThr    325330335    ProProAsnProLeuLeuAsnArgThrMetAlaThrAlaAlaLeuAla    340345350    AlaSerProAlaProValSerAsnLeuGlnProProTyrLeuProSer    355360365    GlyThrSerHisTrpAsnGlyProProXaaSerThrProAlaCysThr    370375380    SerThrGlnGlySerTrpAlaSerProArgProLeuProGlnGlnPro    385390395400    ProThrArgProGlyArgHisAlaArgAlaLeuSerArgGlnAspThr    405410415    PheAspAlaAspThrProGlySerArgAsnSerAlaTyrThrGluLeu    420425430    GlyAspSerCysValAspMetGluThrAspProSerGluGlyProGly    435440445    LeuGlyAspProAlaGlyGlyGlyThrProProAlaArgGlnGlySer    450455460    TrpGluAspGluGluGluAspTyrGluGluGluLeuThrAspAsnArg    465470475480    AsnArgGlyArgAsnLysAlaArgTyrCysAlaGluGlyGlyGlyPro    485490495    ValLeuGlyArgAsnLysAsnGluGly    500505    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 3566 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..3273    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:    ATGGCTGCTGGCTGCCTGCTGGCCTTGACTCTGACACTTTTCCAATCT48    MetAlaAlaGlyCysLeuLeuAlaLeuThrLeuThrLeuPheGlnSer    151015    TTGCTCATCGGCCCCTCGTCGGAGGAGCCGTTCCCTTCGGCCGTCACT96    LeuLeuIleGlyProSerSerGluGluProPheProSerAlaValThr    202530    ATCAAATCATGGGTGGATAAGATGCAAGAAGACCTTGTCACACTGGCA144    IleLysSerTrpValAspLysMetGlnGluAspLeuValThrLeuAla    354045    AAAACAGCAAGTGGAGTCAATCAGCTTGTTGATATTTATGAGAAATAT192    LysThrAlaSerGlyValAsnGlnLeuValAspIleTyrGluLysTyr    505560    CAAGATTTGTATACTGTGGAACCAAATAATGCACGCCAGCTGGTAGAA240    GlnAspLeuTyrThrValGluProAsnAsnAlaArgGlnLeuValGlu    65707580    ATTGCAGCCAGGGATATTGAGAAACTTCTGAGCAACAGATCTAAAGCC288    IleAlaAlaArgAspIleGluLysLeuLeuSerAsnArgSerLysAla    859095    CTGGTGAGCCTGGCATTGGAAGCGGAGAAAGTTCAAGCAGCTCACCAG336    LeuValSerLeuAlaLeuGluAlaGluLysValGlnAlaAlaHisGln    100105110    TGGAGAGAAGATTTTGCAAGCAATGAAGTTGTCTACTACAATGCAAAG384    TrpArgGluAspPheAlaSerAsnGluValValTyrTyrAsnAlaLys    115120125    GATGATCTCGATCCTGAGAAAAATGACAGTGAGCCAGGCAGCCAGAGG432    AspAspLeuAspProGluLysAsnAspSerGluProGlySerGlnArg    130135140    ATAAAACCTGTTTTCATTGAAGATGCTAATTTTGGACGACAAATATCT480    IleLysProValPheIleGluAspAlaAsnPheGlyArgGlnIleSer    145150155160    TATCAGCACGCAGCAGTCCATATTCCTACTGACATCTATGAGGGCTCA528    TyrGlnHisAlaAlaValHisIleProThrAspIleTyrGluGlySer    165170175    ACAATTGTGTTAAATGAACTCAACTGGACAAGTGCCTTAGATGAAGTT576    ThrIleValLeuAsnGluLeuAsnTrpThrSerAlaLeuAspGluVal    180185190    TTCAAAAAGAATCGCGAGGAAGACCCTTCATTATTGTGGCAGGTTTTT624    PheLysLysAsnArgGluGluAspProSerLeuLeuTrpGlnValPhe    195200205    GGCAGTGCCACTGGCCTAGCTCGATATTATCCAGCTTCACCATGGGTT672    GlySerAlaThrGlyLeuAlaArgTyrTyrProAlaSerProTrpVal    210215220    GATAATAGTAGAACTCCAAATAAGATTGACCTTTATGATGTACGCAGA720    AspAsnSerArgThrProAsnLysIleAspLeuTyrAspValArgArg    225230235240    AGACCATGGTACATCCAAGGAGCTGCATCTCCTAAAGACATGCTTATT768    ArgProTrpTyrIleGlnGlyAlaAlaSerProLysAspMetLeuIle    245250255    CTGGTGGATGTGAGTGGAAGTGTTAGTGGATTGACACTTAAACTGATC816    LeuValAspValSerGlySerValSerGlyLeuThrLeuLysLeuIle    260265270    CGAACATCTGTCTCCGAAATGTTAGAAACCCTCTCAGATGATGATTTC864    ArgThrSerValSerGluMetLeuGluThrLeuSerAspAspAspPhe    275280285    GTGAATGTAGCTTCATTTAACAGCAATGCTCAGGATGTAAGCTGTTTT912    ValAsnValAlaSerPheAsnSerAsnAlaGlnAspValSerCysPhe    290295300    CAGCACCTTGTCCAAGCAAATGTAAGAAATAAAAAAGTGTTGAAAGAC960    GlnHisLeuValGlnAlaAsnValArgAsnLysLysValLeuLysAsp    305310315320    GCGGTGAATAATATCACAGCCAAAGGAATTACAGATTATAAGAAGGGC1008    AlaValAsnAsnIleThrAlaLysGlyIleThrAspTyrLysLysGly    325330335    TTTAGTTTTGCTTTTGAACAGCTGCTTAATTATAATGTTTCCAGAGCA1056    PheSerPheAlaPheGluGlnLeuLeuAsnTyrAsnValSerArgAla    340345350    AACTGCAATAAGATTATTATGCTATTCACGGATGGAGGAGAAGAGAGA1104    AsnCysAsnLysIleIleMetLeuPheThrAspGlyGlyGluGluArg    355360365    GCCCAGGAGATATTTAACAAATACAATAAAGATAAAAAAGTACGTGTA1152    AlaGlnGluIlePheAsnLysTyrAsnLysAspLysLysValArgVal    370375380    TTCAGGTTTTCAGTTGGTCAACACAATTATGAGAGAGGACCTATTCAG1200    PheArgPheSerValGlyGlnHisAsnTyrGluArgGlyProIleGln    385390395400    TGGATGGCCTGTGAAAACAAAGGTTATTATTATGAAATTCCTTCCATT1248    TrpMetAlaCysGluAsnLysGlyTyrTyrTyrGluIleProSerIle    405410415    GGTGCAATAAGAATCAATACTCAGGAATATTTGGATGTTTTGGGAAGA1296    GlyAlaIleArgIleAsnThrGlnGluTyrLeuAspValLeuGlyArg    420425430    CCAATGGTTTTAGCAGGAGACAAAGCTAAGCAAGTCCAATGGACAAAT1344    ProMetValLeuAlaGlyAspLysAlaLysGlnValGlnTrpThrAsn    435440445    GTGTACCTGGATGCATTGGAACTGGGACTTGTCATTACTGGAACTCTT1392    ValTyrLeuAspAlaLeuGluLeuGlyLeuValIleThrGlyThrLeu    450455460    CCGGTCTTCAACATAACCGGCCAATTTGAAAATAAGACAAACTTAAAG1440    ProValPheAsnIleThrGlyGlnPheGluAsnLysThrAsnLeuLys    465470475480    AACCAGCTGATTCTTGGTGTGATGGGAGTAGATGTGTCTTTGGAAGAT1488    AsnGlnLeuIleLeuGlyValMetGlyValAspValSerLeuGluAsp    485490495    ATTAAAAGACTGACACCACGTTTTACACTGTGCCCCAATGGGTATTAC1536    IleLysArgLeuThrProArgPheThrLeuCysProAsnGlyTyrTyr    500505510    TTTGCAATCGATCCTAATGGTTATGTTTTATTACATCCAAATCTTCAG1584    PheAlaIleAspProAsnGlyTyrValLeuLeuHisProAsnLeuGln    515520525    CCAAAGAACCCCAAATCTCAGGAGCCAGTAACATTGGATTTCCTTGAT1632    ProLysAsnProLysSerGlnGluProValThrLeuAspPheLeuAsp    530535540    GCAGAGTTAGAGAATGATATTAAAGTGGAGATTCGAAATAAGATGATT1680    AlaGluLeuGluAsnAspIleLysValGluIleArgAsnLysMetIle    545550555560    GATGGGGAAAGTGGAGAAAAAACATTCAGAACTCTGGTTAAATCTCAA1728    AspGlyGluSerGlyGluLysThrPheArgThrLeuValLysSerGln    565570575    GATGAGAGATATATTGACAAAGGAAACAGGACATACACATGGACACCT1776    AspGluArgTyrIleAspLysGlyAsnArgThrTyrThrTrpThrPro    580585590    GTCAATGGCACAGATTACAGTTTGGCCTTGGTATTACCAACCTACAGT1824    ValAsnGlyThrAspTyrSerLeuAlaLeuValLeuProThrTyrSer    595600605    TTTTACTATATAAAAGCCAAACTAGAAGAGACAATAACTCAGGCCAGA1872    PheTyrTyrIleLysAlaLysLeuGluGluThrIleThrGlnAlaArg    610615620    TCAAAAAAGGGCAAAATGAAGGATTCGGAAACCCTGAAGCCAGATAAT1920    SerLysLysGlyLysMetLysAspSerGluThrLeuLysProAspAsn    625630635640    TTTGAAGAATCTGGCTATACATTCATAGCACCAAGAGATTACTGCAAT1968    PheGluGluSerGlyTyrThrPheIleAlaProArgAspTyrCysAsn    645650655    GACCTGAAAATATCGGATAATAACACTGAATTTCTTTTAAATTTCAAC2016    AspLeuLysIleSerAspAsnAsnThrGluPheLeuLeuAsnPheAsn    660665670    GAGTTTATTGATAGAAAAACTCCAAACAACCCATCATGTAACGCGGAT2064    GluPheIleAspArgLysThrProAsnAsnProSerCysAsnAlaAsp    675680685    TTGATTAATAGAGTCTTGCTTGATGCAGGCTTTACAAATGAACTTGTC2112    LeuIleAsnArgValLeuLeuAspAlaGlyPheThrAsnGluLeuVal    690695700    CAAAATTACTGGAGTAAGCAGAAAAATATCAAGGGAGTGAAAGCACGA2160    GlnAsnTyrTrpSerLysGlnLysAsnIleLysGlyValLysAlaArg    705710715720    TTTGTTGTGACTGATGGTGGGATTACCAGAGTTTATCCCAAAGAGGCT2208    PheValValThrAspGlyGlyIleThrArgValTyrProLysGluAla    725730735    GGAGAAAATTGGCAAGAAAACCCAGAGACATATGAGGACAGCTTCTAT2256    GlyGluAsnTrpGlnGluAsnProGluThrTyrGluAspSerPheTyr    740745750    AAAAGGAGCCTAGATAATGATAACTATGTTTTCACTGCTCCCTACTTT2304    LysArgSerLeuAspAsnAspAsnTyrValPheThrAlaProTyrPhe    755760765    AACAAAAGTGGACCTGGTGCCTATGAATCGGGCATTATGGTAAGCAAA2352    AsnLysSerGlyProGlyAlaTyrGluSerGlyIleMetValSerLys    770775780    GCTGTAGAAATATATATTCAAGGGAAACTTCTTAAACCTGCAGTTGTT2400    AlaValGluIleTyrIleGlnGlyLysLeuLeuLysProAlaValVal    785790795800    GGAATTAAAATTGATGTAAATTCCTGGATAGAGAATTTCACCAAAACC2448    GlyIleLysIleAspValAsnSerTrpIleGluAsnPheThrLysThr    805810815    TCAATCAGAGATCCGTGTGCTGGTCCAGTTTGTGACTGCAAAAGAAAC2496    SerIleArgAspProCysAlaGlyProValCysAspCysLysArgAsn    820825830    AGTGACGTAATGGATTGTGTGATTCTGGATGATGGTGGGTTTCTTCTG2544    SerAspValMetAspCysValIleLeuAspAspGlyGlyPheLeuLeu    835840845    ATGGCAAATCATGATGATTATACTAATCAGATTGGAAGATTTTTTGGA2592    MetAlaAsnHisAspAspTyrThrAsnGlnIleGlyArgPhePheGly    850855860    GAGATTGATCCCAGCTTGATGAGACACCTGGTTAATATATCAGTTTAT2640    GluIleAspProSerLeuMetArgHisLeuValAsnIleSerValTyr    865870875880    GCTTTTAACAAATCTTATGATTATCAGTCAGTATGTGAGCCCGGTGCT2688    AlaPheAsnLysSerTyrAspTyrGlnSerValCysGluProGlyAla    885890895    GCACCAAAACAAGGAGCAGGACATCGCTCAGCATATGTGCCATCAGTA2736    AlaProLysGlnGlyAlaGlyHisArgSerAlaTyrValProSerVal    900905910    GCAGACATATTACAAATTGGCTGGTGGGCCACTGCTGCTGCCTGGTCT2784    AlaAspIleLeuGlnIleGlyTrpTrpAlaThrAlaAlaAlaTrpSer    915920925    ATTCTACAGCAGTTTCTCTTGAGTTTGACCTTTCCACGACTCCTTGAG2832    IleLeuGlnGlnPheLeuLeuSerLeuThrPheProArgLeuLeuGlu    930935940    GCAGTTGAGATGGAGGATGATGACTTCACGGCCTCCCTGTCCAAGCAG2880    AlaValGluMetGluAspAspAspPheThrAlaSerLeuSerLysGln    945950955960    AGCTGCATTACTGAACAAACCCAGTATTTCTTCGATAACGACAGTAAA2928    SerCysIleThrGluGlnThrGlnTyrPhePheAspAsnAspSerLys    965970975    TCATTCAGTGGTGTATTAGACTGTGGAAACTGTTCCAGAATCTTTCAT2976    SerPheSerGlyValLeuAspCysGlyAsnCysSerArgIlePheHis    980985990    GGAGAAAAGCTTATGAACACCAACTTAATATTCATAATGGTTGAGAGC3024    GlyGluLysLeuMetAsnThrAsnLeuIlePheIleMetValGluSer    99510001005    AAAGGGACATGTCCATGTGACACACGACTGCTCATACAAGCGGAGCAG3072    LysGlyThrCysProCysAspThrArgLeuLeuIleGlnAlaGluGln    101010151020    ACTTCTGACGGTCCAAATCCTTGTGACATGGTTAAGCAACCTAGATAC3120    ThrSerAspGlyProAsnProCysAspMetValLysGlnProArgTyr    1025103010351040    CGAAAAGGGCCTGATGTCTGCTTTGATAACAATGTCTTGGAGGATTAT3168    ArgLysGlyProAspValCysPheAspAsnAsnValLeuGluAspTyr    104510501055    ACTGACTGTGGTGGTGTTTCTGGATTAAATCCCTCCCTGTGGTATATC3216    ThrAspCysGlyGlyValSerGlyLeuAsnProSerLeuTrpTyrIle    106010651070    ATTGGAATCCAGTTTCTACTACTTTGGCTGGTATCTGGCAGCACACAC3264    IleGlyIleGlnPheLeuLeuLeuTrpLeuValSerGlySerThrHis    107510801085    CGGCTGTTATGACCTTCTAAAAACCAAATCTGCATAGTTAAACTCCAGA3313    ArgLeuLeu    1090    CCCTGCCAAAACATGAGCCCTGCCCTCAATTACAGTAACGTAGGGTCAGCTATAAAATCA3373    GACAAACATTAGCTGGGCCTGTTCCATGGCATAACACTAAGGCGCAGACTCCTAAGGCAC3433    CCACTGGCTGCATGTCAGGGTGTCAGATCCTTAAACGTGTGTGAATGCTGCATCATCTAT3493    GTGTAACATCAAAGCAAAATCCTATACGTGTCCTCTATTGGAAAATTTGGGCGTTTGTTG3553    TTGCATTGTTGGT3566    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 1091 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:    MetAlaAlaGlyCysLeuLeuAlaLeuThrLeuThrLeuPheGlnSer    151015    LeuLeuIleGlyProSerSerGluGluProPheProSerAlaValThr    202530    IleLysSerTrpValAspLysMetGlnGluAspLeuValThrLeuAla    354045    LysThrAlaSerGlyValAsnGlnLeuValAspIleTyrGluLysTyr    505560    GlnAspLeuTyrThrValGluProAsnAsnAlaArgGlnLeuValGlu    65707580    IleAlaAlaArgAspIleGluLysLeuLeuSerAsnArgSerLysAla    859095    LeuValSerLeuAlaLeuGluAlaGluLysValGlnAlaAlaHisGln    100105110    TrpArgGluAspPheAlaSerAsnGluValValTyrTyrAsnAlaLys    115120125    AspAspLeuAspProGluLysAsnAspSerGluProGlySerGlnArg    130135140    IleLysProValPheIleGluAspAlaAsnPheGlyArgGlnIleSer    145150155160    TyrGlnHisAlaAlaValHisIleProThrAspIleTyrGluGlySer    165170175    ThrIleValLeuAsnGluLeuAsnTrpThrSerAlaLeuAspGluVal    180185190    PheLysLysAsnArgGluGluAspProSerLeuLeuTrpGlnValPhe    195200205    GlySerAlaThrGlyLeuAlaArgTyrTyrProAlaSerProTrpVal    210215220    AspAsnSerArgThrProAsnLysIleAspLeuTyrAspValArgArg    225230235240    ArgProTrpTyrIleGlnGlyAlaAlaSerProLysAspMetLeuIle    245250255    LeuValAspValSerGlySerValSerGlyLeuThrLeuLysLeuIle    260265270    ArgThrSerValSerGluMetLeuGluThrLeuSerAspAspAspPhe    275280285    ValAsnValAlaSerPheAsnSerAsnAlaGlnAspValSerCysPhe    290295300    GlnHisLeuValGlnAlaAsnValArgAsnLysLysValLeuLysAsp    305310315320    AlaValAsnAsnIleThrAlaLysGlyIleThrAspTyrLysLysGly    325330335    PheSerPheAlaPheGluGlnLeuLeuAsnTyrAsnValSerArgAla    340345350    AsnCysAsnLysIleIleMetLeuPheThrAspGlyGlyGluGluArg    355360365    AlaGlnGluIlePheAsnLysTyrAsnLysAspLysLysValArgVal    370375380    PheArgPheSerValGlyGlnHisAsnTyrGluArgGlyProIleGln    385390395400    TrpMetAlaCysGluAsnLysGlyTyrTyrTyrGluIleProSerIle    405410415    GlyAlaIleArgIleAsnThrGlnGluTyrLeuAspValLeuGlyArg    420425430    ProMetValLeuAlaGlyAspLysAlaLysGlnValGlnTrpThrAsn    435440445    ValTyrLeuAspAlaLeuGluLeuGlyLeuValIleThrGlyThrLeu    450455460    ProValPheAsnIleThrGlyGlnPheGluAsnLysThrAsnLeuLys    465470475480    AsnGlnLeuIleLeuGlyValMetGlyValAspValSerLeuGluAsp    485490495    IleLysArgLeuThrProArgPheThrLeuCysProAsnGlyTyrTyr    500505510    PheAlaIleAspProAsnGlyTyrValLeuLeuHisProAsnLeuGln    515520525    ProLysAsnProLysSerGlnGluProValThrLeuAspPheLeuAsp    530535540    AlaGluLeuGluAsnAspIleLysValGluIleArgAsnLysMetIle    545550555560    AspGlyGluSerGlyGluLysThrPheArgThrLeuValLysSerGln    565570575    AspGluArgTyrIleAspLysGlyAsnArgThrTyrThrTrpThrPro    580585590    ValAsnGlyThrAspTyrSerLeuAlaLeuValLeuProThrTyrSer    595600605    PheTyrTyrIleLysAlaLysLeuGluGluThrIleThrGlnAlaArg    610615620    SerLysLysGlyLysMetLysAspSerGluThrLeuLysProAspAsn    625630635640    PheGluGluSerGlyTyrThrPheIleAlaProArgAspTyrCysAsn    645650655    AspLeuLysIleSerAspAsnAsnThrGluPheLeuLeuAsnPheAsn    660665670    GluPheIleAspArgLysThrProAsnAsnProSerCysAsnAlaAsp    675680685    LeuIleAsnArgValLeuLeuAspAlaGlyPheThrAsnGluLeuVal    690695700    GlnAsnTyrTrpSerLysGlnLysAsnIleLysGlyValLysAlaArg    705710715720    PheValValThrAspGlyGlyIleThrArgValTyrProLysGluAla    725730735    GlyGluAsnTrpGlnGluAsnProGluThrTyrGluAspSerPheTyr    740745750    LysArgSerLeuAspAsnAspAsnTyrValPheThrAlaProTyrPhe    755760765    AsnLysSerGlyProGlyAlaTyrGluSerGlyIleMetValSerLys    770775780    AlaValGluIleTyrIleGlnGlyLysLeuLeuLysProAlaValVal    785790795800    GlyIleLysIleAspValAsnSerTrpIleGluAsnPheThrLysThr    805810815    SerIleArgAspProCysAlaGlyProValCysAspCysLysArgAsn    820825830    SerAspValMetAspCysValIleLeuAspAspGlyGlyPheLeuLeu    835840845    MetAlaAsnHisAspAspTyrThrAsnGlnIleGlyArgPhePheGly    850855860    GluIleAspProSerLeuMetArgHisLeuValAsnIleSerValTyr    865870875880    AlaPheAsnLysSerTyrAspTyrGlnSerValCysGluProGlyAla    885890895    AlaProLysGlnGlyAlaGlyHisArgSerAlaTyrValProSerVal    900905910    AlaAspIleLeuGlnIleGlyTrpTrpAlaThrAlaAlaAlaTrpSer    915920925    IleLeuGlnGlnPheLeuLeuSerLeuThrPheProArgLeuLeuGlu    930935940    AlaValGluMetGluAspAspAspPheThrAlaSerLeuSerLysGln    945950955960    SerCysIleThrGluGlnThrGlnTyrPhePheAspAsnAspSerLys    965970975    SerPheSerGlyValLeuAspCysGlyAsnCysSerArgIlePheHis    980985990    GlyGluLysLeuMetAsnThrAsnLeuIlePheIleMetValGluSer    99510001005    LysGlyThrCysProCysAspThrArgLeuLeuIleGlnAlaGluGln    101010151020    ThrSerAspGlyProAsnProCysAspMetValLysGlnProArgTyr    1025103010351040    ArgLysGlyProAspValCysPheAspAsnAsnValLeuGluAspTyr    104510501055    ThrAspCysGlyGlyValSerGlyLeuAsnProSerLeuTrpTyrIle    106010651070    IleGlyIleGlnPheLeuLeuLeuTrpLeuValSerGlySerThrHis    107510801085    ArgLeuLeu    1090    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 34 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:    GCGGGGGAGGGGGCATTGATCTTCGATCGCGAAG34    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 156 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..156    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:    GGTAATGAAATGACTAACTTAGCCTTTGAACTAGACCCCCTAGAGTTA48    GlyAsnGluMetThrAsnLeuAlaPheGluLeuAspProLeuGluLeu    151015    GAGGAGGAAGAGGCTGAGCTTGGTGAGCAGAGTGGCTCTGCCAAGACT96    GluGluGluGluAlaGluLeuGlyGluGlnSerGlySerAlaLysThr    202530    AGTGTTAGCAGTGTCACCACCCCGCCACCCCATGGCAAACGCATCCCC144    SerValSerSerValThrThrProProProHisGlyLysArgIlePro    354045    TTCTTTAAGAAG156    PhePheLysLys    50    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 52 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:    GlyAsnGluMetThrAsnLeuAlaPheGluLeuAspProLeuGluLeu    151015    GluGluGluGluAlaGluLeuGlyGluGlnSerGlySerAlaLysThr    202530    SerValSerSerValThrThrProProProHisGlyLysArgIlePro    354045    PhePheLysLys    50    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 180 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..129    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:    TGGTCCTTTGCCTGCGCCTGTGCCGCCTTCATCCTCCTCTTTCTCGGC48    TrpSerPheAlaCysAlaCysAlaAlaPheIleLeuLeuPheLeuGly    151015    GGTCTCGCCCTCCTGCTGTTCTCCCTGCCTCGAATGCCCCGGAACCCA96    GlyLeuAlaLeuLeuLeuPheSerLeuProArgMetProArgAsnPro    202530    TGGGAGTCCTGCATGGATGCTGAGCCCGAGCACTAACCCTCCTGCGGCCCTAG149    TrpGluSerCysMetAspAlaGluProGluHis    3540    CGACCCTCAGGCTTCTTCCCAGGAAGCGGGG180    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 43 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:    TrpSerPheAlaCysAlaCysAlaAlaPheIleLeuLeuPheLeuGly    151015    GlyLeuAlaLeuLeuLeuPheSerLeuProArgMetProArgAsnPro    202530    TrpGluSerCysMetAspAlaGluProGluHis    3540    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 411 base pairs    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid    (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown    (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)    (ix) FEATURE:    (A) NAME/KEY: CDS    (B) LOCATION: 1..411    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:    CTCGGCTCCAGCAAATCAGGCGATAACTCCAGTTCCAGTCTGGGAGAT48    LeuGlySerSerLysSerGlyAspAsnSerSerSerSerLeuGlyAsp    151015    GTGGTGACTGGCACCCGCCGCCCCACACCCCCTGCCAGTACAGAGCAT96    ValValThrGlyThrArgArgProThrProProAlaSerThrGluHis    202530    GTGCCCCCCTATGACGTGGTGCCTTCCATGAGGCCCATCATCCTGGTG144    ValProProTyrAspValValProSerMetArgProIleIleLeuVal    354045    GGACCGTCGCTCAAGGGCTACGAGGTTACAGACATGATGCAGAAAGCT192    GlyProSerLeuLysGlyTyrGluValThrAspMetMetGlnLysAla    505560    TTATTTGACTTCTTGAAGCATCGGTTTGATGGCAGGATCTCCATCACT240    LeuPheAspPheLeuLysHisArgPheAspGlyArgIleSerIleThr    65707580    CGTGTGACGGCAGATATTTCCCTGGCTAAGCGCTCAGTTCTCAACAAC288    ArgValThrAlaAspIleSerLeuAlaLysArgSerValLeuAsnAsn    859095    CCCAGCAAACACATCATCATTGAGCGCTCCAACACACGCTCCAGCCTG336    ProSerLysHisIleIleIleGluArgSerAsnThrArgSerSerLeu    100105110    GCTGAGGTGCAGAGTGAAATCGAGCGAATCTTCGAGCTGGCCCGGACC384    AlaGluValGlnSerGluIleGluArgIlePheGluLeuAlaArgThr    115120125    CTTCAGTTGGTCGCTCTGGATGCTGAC411    LeuGlnLeuValAlaLeuAspAlaAsp    130135    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:    (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:    (A) LENGTH: 137 amino acids    (B) TYPE: amino acid    (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:    LeuGlySerSerLysSerGlyAspAsnSerSerSerSerLeuGlyAsp    151015    ValValThrGlyThrArgArgProThrProProAlaSerThrGluHis    202530    ValProProTyrAspValValProSerMetArgProIleIleLeuVal    354045    GlyProSerLeuLysGlyTyrGluValThrAspMetMetGlnLysAla    505560    LeuPheAspPheLeuLysHisArgPheAspGlyArgIleSerIleThr    65707580    ArgValThrAlaAspIleSerLeuAlaLysArgSerValLeuAsnAsn    859095    ProSerLysHisIleIleIleGluArgSerAsnThrArgSerSerLeu    100105110    AlaGluValGlnSerGluIleGluArgIlePheGluLeuAlaArgThr    115120125    LeuGlnLeuValAlaLeuAspAlaAsp    130135    __________________________________________________________________________

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for testing a compound for activity asan agonist or antagonist of a calcium channel, comprising the stepsof:suspending a eukaryotic cell expressing functional, heterologouscalcium channels in a solution which contains the compound and an ion ormolecule capable of entering the cell through a functional calciumchannel; depolarizing the cell membrane of the cell; detecting thecurrent flowing into the cell; and comparing the current thus detectedto a current produced by cells in a control experiment; wherein:the onlyheterologous ion channels expressed by the cells are calcium channelswhich comprise one or more sub units; each heterologously expressedcalcium channel subunit has the amino acid sequence of a naturallyoccurring human calcium channel subunit; and the heterologous calciumchannels comprise at least a heterologous α₁ subunit that is selectedfrom the group consisting ofa VDCC type IV (α_(1B)) subunit having anamino acid sequence comprising the sequence of amino acids set forth inSEQ ID NO: 15 or 17, and a calcium channel α1 subunit encoded by DNAcapable of hybridizing under conditions of high stringency with DNA thatis complementary to an mRNA transcript present in a human cell and thatencodes the aforesaid VDCC type IV subunit.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein:the heterologous calcium channels further comprise one or moresubunits selected from the group consisting ofan α₂ subunit which isaprotein having the sequence of amino acids set forth as the translationof the DNA shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, or a calcium channel β₂ subunitencoded by DNA capable of hybridizing under conditions of highstringency with DNA which is complementary to an mRNA transcript presentin a human cell and which comprises the sequence of nucleotides shown asnucleotides 1-3273 of SEQ ID NO: 24; a β subunit which isa proteinhaving the sequence of amino acids set forth as the translation of theDNA shown in SEQ ID NO: 18, a protein having an amino acid sequencecomprising the sequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, or acalcium channel β subunit encoded by DNA capable of hybridizing underconditions of high stringency with DNA which is complementary to an mRNAtranscript present in a human cell and which comprises the sequence ofnucleotides shown as nucleotides 1-1434 of SEQ ID NO: 18 or encodes thesequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 23; and a γ subunit whichisa protein having an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence ofamino acids set forth as the translation of the DNA shown in SEQ ID NO:29, or a calcium channel γ subunit encoded by DNA capable of hybridizingunder conditions of high stringency with DNA which is complementary toan mRNA transcript present in a human cell and which comprises thesequence of nucleotides shown as nucleotides 1-129 of SEQ ID NO:
 29. 3.The method of claim 1, wherein the calcium channel α₁ subunit comprisesthe sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO.
 15. 4. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the calcium channel α₁ subunit comprises the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO. 17.